The attack in Bali (was Re: Tankers, Niteclubs... connecting the targets

David Morris fqmorris at yahoo.com
Thu Oct 17 23:17:46 CDT 2002


--- jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> 
> Balinese people are generally non-Muslim. The ethnic and religious make-up of
Indonesia is very complex, although it's about 70 or 80% Islamic overall I
think. Ultimately, the terrorist attack in Bali is only going to cripple the
local economy and make a poor people even poorer.

This, sadly, is Indonesia's bugaboo.  It is also probably why the attack
happened on Bali.  It will easily result in a big crippling of a vital aspect
of Indonesia's economy: tourism.  Some muslims there would rather have poverty.

David Morris

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