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"The whole idea is to try and stop something like the Bali bomb happening."

On 23 Oct 2002 at 11:10, Major Variola (ret) wrote:

The correct patch should be applied to US foreign policy

Don't think we can blame US foreign policy for the Bali bombing. Probably relates more to Australian foreign policy and Singaporean internal policy. Indonesian muslims were sponsoring terror against Timorese. Australia let that pass as long as Fretilin was communist, but when Fretilin swore off communism, Australia intervened, thereby gaining a vital strategic advantage, in that Timor is an unsinkable aircraft carrier covering the approaches to Australia. This had the effect of rolling back Muslim rule, something that Bin Laden has told us is a no-no. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG YyO99qL0+xsoa0JPIh9Tbof+WkATG5PpWoiy6s5v 4BRkFiGmL+8i6uxcMBHxQEfXZE6OccbPl+ouoG1Jy