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| Confusion over Bali terror alert | Confusion over Bali terror alert |
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| There is confusion over a warning issued by the US embassy in Indonesia of a possible New Year's Eve "terror attack" on the resort island of Bali. | There is confusion over a warning issued by the US embassy in Indonesia of a possible New Year's Eve "terror attack" on the resort island of Bali. |
| On its website, the embassy quoted the island's governor as saying there was an "indication" of an attack. | On its website, the embassy quoted the island's governor as saying there was an "indication" of an attack. |
| However a spokesman from the governor's office told Reuters news agency the governor had made no such statement. | However a spokesman from the governor's office told Reuters news agency the governor had made no such statement. |
| Several bombings have targeted Westerners in Bali, with more than 200 killed in attacks in 2002 and 2005. | Several bombings have targeted Westerners in Bali, with more than 200 killed in attacks in 2002 and 2005. |
| The US Embassy warning quoted a message from the Bali governor, Mangku Pastika, who said that there was an "indication" of an attack on Bali on Thursday night. | The US Embassy warning quoted a message from the Bali governor, Mangku Pastika, who said that there was an "indication" of an attack on Bali on Thursday night. |
| The message added that people should not panic, but that security systems should be put on "full alert". | The message added that people should not panic, but that security systems should be put on "full alert". |
| But Putu Suardika, head of public relations at the office of the Bali governor, denied that such a statement had been made, either in "writing or verbally". | But Putu Suardika, head of public relations at the office of the Bali governor, denied that such a statement had been made, either in "writing or verbally". |
| He said that Bali, the scene of bomb attacks in the past, had to remain "on alert". | He said that Bali, the scene of bomb attacks in the past, had to remain "on alert". |
| Correspondents say that embassies routinely make these kinds of warnings at times of the year when large numbers of Westerners are likely to be gathering. | |
| Analysts in Jakarta, independent of the diplomatic corps, said they believed the sourcing of the threat appeared to be very unclear. |