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BALI, Indonesia (AP) — Terrified
tourists tried Sunday to flee this island par
adise that turned into an inferno, with the
death toll from a pair of bombings climbing
to 187 and fears growing that al-Qaida has
taken its terror campaign to the world's
largest Muslim country.
Many of those killed by the two bombs
that tore through a nightclub district on Bali
island Saturday were Australians as well as
other foreigners from Canada, Britain,
Germany and Sweden. Three Americans
were among the more than 300 people
injured.
No one claimed responsibility for the
bombings — the worst terrorist attack in
Indonesia’s history — but suspicion turned
to al-Qaida and an affiliated group, Jemaah
Islamiyah, which wants to establish a pan-
Islam ic state across Malaysia, Indonesia
and the southern Philippines. It is accused
of plotting to blow yp the U.S. and other
embassies in Singapore.
In Washington, President Bush con
demned the attack as “a cowardly act
designed to create terror and chaos” and
offered U.S. help in finding the perpetrators.
“The world must confront this global
menace, terrorism,” he said.
The attacks were on the second anniver
sary of the al-Qaida-linked attack against
the USS Cole off Yemen that left 17 sailors
dead and took place amid signs of increas
ing terrorist activity that had led to the clo
sure of U.S. embassies and renewed terror
alerts for Americans.
The destruction started when a small
homemade bomb exploded outside
Paddy’s Discotheque in the maze of clubs
and bars on Kuta Beach, a popular haunt
with young travelers.
Shortly afterward, a huge blast from a
bomb in a Toyota Kijang, a jeep-like vehi
cle, 30 yards down the street devastated the
crowded Sari Club, a surfers’ hangout.
A third, smaller bomb exploded outside
the U.S. consulate. No one was injured in
that blast.
The second blast ripped into the open-air
bar, triggering a massive burst of flames
that officials said was caused by the explo
sion of gas cylinders used for cooking. The
explosion collapsed the roof of the flimsy
structure, trapping revelers in flaming
wreckage. The explosions and fire damaged
about 20 buildings and devastated much of
the block.
Identification of the dead was slow, since
some were burned beyond recognition.
American Amos Libby, 25, felt himself
lifted off his feet as he walked by the Sari
Club as the bomb detonated.
“All the buildings in the vicinity just
collapsed, cars overturned and debris from
the buildings fell on them,” he said, without
giving his hometown. “I have never seen
anything so horrible. There were so many
people, 18 to 20 year olds, people in pieces
all over the street.”
New Zealander Lonny McDowell, 25,
was at Paddy’s when the blast blew chairs
A look at some recent terrorist attacks
At least 187 people were killed in the worst terrorist attack in
Indonesia's history Saturday. Other recent attacks around the world
have also claimed civilian lives.
Vantaa, Finland
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injured when a bomb
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in a nightclub district killing 187
and injuring more than 300
Kadapawan. Philippines
Indonesia
SOURCES: Associated Press; ESRI
and concrete through the bar. He said he
saw a man with no legs and another with a
cable stuck through his stomach.
“Who knows if this couldn't happen
again? I really don't want to go back to
Kuta,” he said looking for his airline ticket
home.
Indonesian National Police Chief Gen.
Da’i Bachtiar called the it “the worst act of
terror in Indonesia’s history.”
President Megawati Sukarnoputri flew
to Bali and wept as she toured the wreck
age. Asked about a possible link to al-
Qaida, she said: “That will be continuously
investigated so that this can be uncovered as
soon as possible.” She promised to cooper
ate with other nations to fight terror.
U.S. Ambassador Ralph Boyce told The
Associated Press that it was not possible
yet to pin the Bali attack on al-Qaida, but
noted that increasing evidence in recent
weeks has confirmed al-Qaida’s presence
in Indonesia and reaching out to local
extremists.
“In recent weeks, we have been able to
put an end to a year of speculation as to
whether al-Qaida might be in Indonesia, or
relocating to Indonesia, or using Indonesia
as a base of operations, after the fall of
Afghanistan,” Boyce said.
The United States and Indonesia’s
neighbors have urged Jakarta for months to
pass an anti-terrorism law that has been lan
guishing in the Parliament contending there
is a strong al-Qaida presence here.
Without the law, Indonesia says, securi
ty forces cannot arrest suspects without
clear evidence they have committed a
crime.
While its neighbors have arrested scores
of militants from Jemaah Islamiyah. Jakarta
has done little and denied that it isahw
for terrorists.
“This horrible incident has onlymadei!
that much more urgent that they find some
way to deal with this problem,” Boyce said
“They (Indonesians) are in the mjddleot
doing that.”
The U.S. Embassy was considering scal
ing back staff, though no decision hadbeee
taken. Americans, were warned on tke
Embassy Web site to consider leavingtlie
country.
In Denpasar, Bali’s main city, theairpofl
was thronged by stunned, mostly youai
travelers cutting short their vacations
desperate to go home after the most terrify
ing night of their lives.
Crowds camped out near a McDonald
working their mobile phones to make hard
to-get airline bookings. Many spent
night on the beach, terrified after thebto
to go near built-up areas.
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evacuation operation to bring home sc
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Darwin, carrying 15 people identified
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