U.S. warns of terror attacks in RI

U.S. warns of terror attacks in RI

INDONESIA: The U.S. State Department warned on Saturday that terrorists were planning more attacks against Western targets in Indonesia over Christmas and New Year, and reiterated advice to its citizens not to travel to the country.

The U.S. State Department's move follows similar warnings by other foreign governments earlier this week that militants belonging to the al-Qaeda-linked Jamaah Islamiyah terror group were plotting more bombings.

"The department reminds Americans that the terrorist threat in Indonesia continues and may increase over the December-January holiday period," according to a statement on its website. "Reports indicate that terrorists are planning attacks against a wide variety of targets."

Jamaah Islamiyah has been blamed for three terror attacks in Indonesia in the past two years, including the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings in which 202 people were killed, seven of them Americans. --AP