| Listing Description: | The bomb explosions in Bali on the night of 12 October 2002 were a shocking and unexpected event for most Australians and raised many questions about Australia's international and domestic security policies, particularly since the US campaign in response to the attacks of September 11 2001. For Indonesia, however, the implications are even more far-reaching. The bombings intensified US pressure on Indonesia to crack down on militant Islamic groups in the country, particular those that are alleged to have links with a series of planned or executed
bomb attacks throughout the Southeast Asian region in recent months. There has, for some time, been friction in US–Indonesia relations over what the US saw as Indonesia's failure to effectively support the US 'war on terror'. |
