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Australian authorities downgrade Indonesian terrorist threat

by mark on May 5, 2012

in Australia Travel

Still on the look out for signs of trouble.....

The Indonesian government has welcomed this week’s move by the Australian government to effectively downgrade the terrorist threat for Australian citizens travelling to Indonesia. The advice to “reconsider travelling to Indonesia” has been in place since the 2002 bombings in Bali which killed over 200 people including 88 Australians. They were also subsequent attacks in 2005 and 2009 which further cemented the reluctance of governments around the world to encourage tourist travel to the region.

Why has the terrorist threat been downgraded?

There is no doubt that the previous bombing of tourist destinations by an array of terrorists in Indonesia shook the world. This literally took terrorism to a new level with blatant attacks on popular and open tourist destinations causing mayhem and carnage. Behind-the-scenes the Indonesian government has been reluctant to accept the perceived increase in the threat from terrorists but ultimately this has been in the hands of foreign governments. [click to continue…]

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