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Article: Pressure intensifies on Indonesia to crack down on extremists after Bali bombing
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- October 15, 2002
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Dateline: BALI, Indonesia
International pressure for Indonesia to crack down on al-Qaida terrorists
and local allies blamed for the Bali nightclub bombing intensified
Tuesday, while the accused ringleader of an extremist network said
he would submit to police questioning.
Australia's Foreign Minister Alexander Downer urged Jakarta to allow
an international investigation into the Saturday night attack that
killed scores of people at a Bali island club full of foreign tourists,
mostly Australians.
"We're working very closely with Indonesia at the moment and it is
very important we both hold exactly the same view about terrorism,
" said Downer, who arrived in ...