Thread: Bali Bombing
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Old October 15th, 2002, 04:29 PM
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Taiwan News is breaking a story that the Taiwanese Government was warned about the bombing by American intelligence. They were also instructed noy to release the information.
I don't know why Taiwan would want to make up a story such as this...

From www.etaiwannews.com:
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Despite the fact that the bombing in Bali caused many deaths and injuries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not move immediately to list Indonesia as a highly dangerous area or restrict travel to that country, but only issued a safety warning to travelers from Taiwan.

Kuomintang legislative leader Lee Chuan-chiao (燠諒) pointed out that the incident had exposed the DPP government's poor crisis management skills, particularly in view of the Executive Yuan's claim that it had, last Friday, obtained intelligence on a possible terrorist attack in a southeast Asian Muslim country.

According to Lee, the worst part is that the government did not issue a warning because the United States government asked it not to disclose the information.

"The KMT's priority is the safety of our people - not America's national interests." He also called on the government to establish an anti-terrorism crisis management team.
Taken from Taiwan News:
http://www.etaiwannews.com/Taiwan/20...1034643430.htm
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