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A web page viewed by The Associated Press offers chilling instructions of how to attack a U.S. Embassy with a rocket launcher or suicide bomb and includes a partial diagram of the facility including the ambassador's office. It wasn't clear when the instructions were posted but their discovery came a day after the United States closed all of its diplomatic facilities in Indonesia until further notice, citing a security threat which it did not specify. In an e-mailed statement, diplomats said the embassy would be closed along with the consulates in Surabaya, Medan and the island of Bali. Other...

BALI NIGHTCLUB BOMBINGS Terrorist foresaw crackdown By Richard C. Paddock, Los Angeles Times, 12/12/2002 JAKARTA - Weeks before the bombings of two nightclubs in Bali Oct. 12, .... [ ...excerpted... ] A Web site cited by a confessed participant asserts that an ''International Death Battalion'' carried out the Bali attack to kill Americans and their allies and avenge the deaths of Muslims. The bombings killed 191 people, about half of them Australians. Seven Americans died in the attack. [ ...excerpted... ] The inflammatory Web site, www.istimata.com, was pointed out by Samudra after his arrest. It is unclear who wrote the...