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|locations=Bali, Indonesia
 
|locations=Bali, Indonesia
 
|image=2002 Bali bombing.jpg
 
|image=2002 Bali bombing.jpg
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|description=Two bombs in Bali that killed 202 people, blamed on [[Al-Qaeda]]
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|constitutes=Bombing, False flag
 
|latitude=8°43′02″S
 
|latitude=8°43′02″S
 
|longitude=115°10′27″E
 
|longitude=115°10′27″E
|type=Suicide bombing, car bomb, bomb vest
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|type=Suicide bombing, Car bomb, Bomb vest, Mini-nuke?
|ON_perpetrators=Jemaah Islamiyah members, al-Qaeda
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|ON_perpetrators=Jemaah Islamiyah, Al-Qaeda
 
|fatalities=202
 
|fatalities=202
 
|injuries=209
 
|injuries=209
|type=bombing
 
 
|start=23:05, 12 October 2002
 
|start=23:05, 12 October 2002
 
|end=23:05, 12 October 2002
 
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The '''2002 Bali bombings''' happened at 23:05 Central Indonesian Time on 12 October [[2002]].
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==Official Narrative==
 
==Official Narrative==
 
At 23:05 Central Indonesian Time (15:05 UTC) on 12 October 2002, a bomb detonated inside the nightclub Paddy's Pub causing many people to flee into the street. Twenty seconds later, a second and much more powerful bomb went off. This was hidden inside a white Mitsubishi van outside the Sari Club, opposite Paddy's Pub. Damage to the densely populated residential and commercial district was immense, destroying neighbouring buildings and shattering windows several blocks away. The car bomb explosion left a one metre deep crater. The 202 people killed were mostly tourists from [[Australia]] or [[Europe]] - over 20 countries in all.
 
At 23:05 Central Indonesian Time (15:05 UTC) on 12 October 2002, a bomb detonated inside the nightclub Paddy's Pub causing many people to flee into the street. Twenty seconds later, a second and much more powerful bomb went off. This was hidden inside a white Mitsubishi van outside the Sari Club, opposite Paddy's Pub. Damage to the densely populated residential and commercial district was immense, destroying neighbouring buildings and shattering windows several blocks away. The car bomb explosion left a one metre deep crater. The 202 people killed were mostly tourists from [[Australia]] or [[Europe]] - over 20 countries in all.
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[[Wikipedia]] reports that "[[FBI]] agent [[Ali Soufan]] confirmed that [[al-Qaeda]] did in fact finance the attack".
 
[[Wikipedia]] reports that "[[FBI]] agent [[Ali Soufan]] confirmed that [[al-Qaeda]] did in fact finance the attack".
  
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==Concerns==
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In [[2005]], the former [[President of Indonesia]], [[Abdurrahman Wahid]] stated that "The orders to do this or that came from within our armed forces not from the fundamentalist people", i.e. that he believed the bombing was a [[false flag]] attack. Asked who he thought planted the second bomb, he replied "Maybe the police... or the armed forces."<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20120615021838/http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Possible-police-role-in-2002-Bali-attack/2005/10/12/1128796591857.html Possible police role in 2002 Bali attack] saved at [http://archive.is/KdbgE Archive.is]</ref><ref>[https://www.wanttoknow.info/a-possible-police-role-2002-bali-attack Possible police role in 2002 Bali attack (excerpt)] saved at [https://web.archive.org/web/20111111084036/http://www.wanttoknow.info/a-possible-police-role-2002-bali-attack Archive.org] saved at [http://archive.is/VRKiz Archive.is]</ref>
 
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===Dissent===
 
In 2005, the former [[President of Indonesia]], [[Abdurrahman Wahid]] stated that "The orders to do this or that came from within our armed forces not from the fundamentalist people", i.e. that he believed the bombing was a [[false flag]] attack. Asked who he thought planted the second bomb, he replied "Maybe the police... or the armed forces."<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20120615021838/http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Possible-police-role-in-2002-Bali-attack/2005/10/12/1128796591857.html Possible police role in 2002 Bali attack] saved at [http://archive.is/KdbgE Archive.is]</ref><ref>[https://www.wanttoknow.info/a-possible-police-role-2002-bali-attack Possible police role in 2002 Bali attack (excerpt)] saved at [https://web.archive.org/web/20111111084036/http://www.wanttoknow.info/a-possible-police-role-2002-bali-attack Archive.org] saved at [http://archive.is/VRKiz Archive.is]</ref>
 
  
 
===Effect of the 2nd bomb blast===
 
===Effect of the 2nd bomb blast===
The first bomb, which was significantly smaller than the second bomb, was exploded by a suicide bomber in Paddy’s Irish Bar / Paddy's Pub. This was done to scare people out of the localities in the surrounding area. According to live reports, the second bomb ignited "probably one block, block and a half" described as: "just all on fire".<ref>[http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0210/12/cst.14.html Two Explosions Jolt Indonesian Island] saved at [http://web.archive.org/web/20190907234709/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0210/12/cst.14.html Archive.org] saved at [http://archive.is/CE0vM Archive.is]</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20100114144242/http://indahnesia.com/photobook/10/30/terrorist_attack_bali.php</ref> The crater has been reported to be "five-foot deep by twenty-foot wide" (~1,5 m by 6 m).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100423015428/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2003/01/03/bali-bombing-an-investigator039s-analysis.html Bali bombing: An investigator's analysis] saved at [http://archive.is/xb9Mi Archive.is]</ref> [[Imam Samudra]], sometimes argued to be the mastermind behind the attack, in an interview in 2008 claimed that the second explosion was much bigger than they had expected and what happened there was "unacceptable", since it wasn't intended that so many people would be killed. Adding: “I learnt about explosives in Afghanistan” - “as you know, I may be an expert”. He, however, also denied being involved in the manufacturing of the bomb or to know who actually crafted it. Due to the extraordinary strong explosion he claimed that it is very possible that “the CIA or KGB or Mossad” had somehow tampered with it.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20110224025858/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3466833.ece We killed too many, say Bali bombers] saved at [http://archive.is/aBvZJ Archive.is]</ref> Over the course of the investigation, the type of explosive, as well as combinations thereof, were changed several times back on forth.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20090916100747/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2003/01/03/timetile-the-bali-bombing-a-comprehensive-overview.html</ref>
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The first bomb, which was significantly smaller than the second bomb, was exploded by a suicide bomber in Paddy’s Irish Bar / Paddy's Pub. This was done to scare people out of the localities in the surrounding area. According to live reports, the second bomb ignited "probably one block, block and a half" described as: "just all on fire".<ref>[http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0210/12/cst.14.html Two Explosions Jolt Indonesian Island] saved at [http://web.archive.org/web/20190907234709/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0210/12/cst.14.html Archive.org] saved at [http://archive.is/CE0vM Archive.is]</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20100114144242/http://indahnesia.com/photobook/10/30/terrorist_attack_bali.php</ref> The crater has been reported to be "five-foot deep by twenty-foot wide" (~1,5 m by 6 m).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100423015428/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2003/01/03/bali-bombing-an-investigator039s-analysis.html Bali bombing: An investigator's analysis] saved at [http://archive.is/xb9Mi Archive.is]</ref> [[Imam Samudra]], sometimes argued to be the mastermind behind the attack, in an interview in 2008 claimed that the second explosion was much bigger than they had expected and what happened there was "unacceptable", since it wasn't intended that so many people would be killed. Adding: “I learnt about explosives in Afghanistan” - “as you know, I may be an expert”. He, however, also denied being involved in the manufacturing of the bomb or to know who actually crafted it. Due to the extraordinary strong explosion he claimed that it is very possible that “the [[CIA]] or [[KGB]] or [[Mossad]]” had somehow tampered with it.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20110224025858/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3466833.ece We killed too many, say Bali bombers] saved at [http://archive.is/aBvZJ Archive.is]</ref> Over the course of the investigation, the type of explosive, as well as combinations thereof, were changed several times back on forth.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20090916100747/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2003/01/03/timetile-the-bali-bombing-a-comprehensive-overview.html</ref>
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===Mini-nuke?===
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[[Robert S. Finnegan]], investigative reporter and writing for the [[The Jakarta Post]] at the time,<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20180114060857/http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=robert_s__finnegan_1</ref> believed that a [[miniature nuclear bomb]] was used in the attack. According to his account, some people in close proximity to the second explosion were evaporated due to the intense heat.
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This was also purported by [[Abu Bakar Bashir]], cleric of [[Jemaah Islamiah]] (JI), in a [[2006]] interview.<ref>[https://www.smh.com.au/world/cia-used-micro-nuclear-bomb-in-bali-bashir-20060830-gdoa4r.html CIA used 'micro nuclear' bomb in Bali: Bashir] saved at [http://web.archive.org/web/20190508002357/https://www.smh.com.au/world/cia-used-micro-nuclear-bomb-in-bali-bashir-20060830-gdoa4r.html Archive.org] saved at [http://archive.is/HKT80 Archive.is]</ref>
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About a month after the explosion bulldozers began dumping debris and all the bomb site wreckage into the ocean.<ref>http://historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=robert_s__finnegan_1 saved at [http://web.archive.org/web/20120603214940/http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=robert_s__finnegan_1 Archive.org]</ref>
  
==Mininukes?==
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In [[2010]] [[Dimitri Khalezov]] claimed that a [[Mini-nuke | miniature nuclear bomb]] was used (or could have been used) in the [[bombing|attack]];<ref>[[Document:Dimitri_Khalezov_Interview]]</ref> the information from Khalezov's side was discussed in an upcoming book by [[Daniel Estulin]], a [[book]] which was reviewed by [[Fidel Castro]] beforehand.<ref>[http://www.fidelcastro.cu/en/articulos/principal-chapter-latest-book?PageSpeed=noscript The principal chapter of the latest book] saved at [http://web.archive.org/web/20190908015155/http://www.fidelcastro.cu/en/articulos/principal-chapter-latest-book?PageSpeed=noscript Archive.org] saved at [http://archive.is/a0BQL Archive.is]</ref><ref>[http://www.cuba.cu/gobierno/reflexiones/2010/ing/f240810i.html Reflections of Comrade Fidel] saved at [http://web.archive.org/web/20190113172657/http://www.cuba.cu/gobierno/reflexiones/2010/ing/f240810i.html Archive.org] saved at [http://archive.is/ezNKP Archive.is]</ref>  
[[Dimitri Khalezov]] claimed in 2010, that a [[Mini-nuke | miniature nuclear bomb]] was used for the [[bombing | attack]];<ref>[[Document:Dimitri_Khalezov_Interview]]</ref> also believed by [[Robert S. Finnegan]], investigative reporter, at that time writing for the [[The Jakarta Post]]. The information from Khalezov's side was discussed in an upcoming book by [[Daniel Estulin]], a book which was reviewed by [[Fidel Castro]] beforehand.<ref>[http://www.fidelcastro.cu/en/articulos/principal-chapter-latest-book?PageSpeed=noscript The principal chapter of the latest book] saved at [http://web.archive.org/web/20190908015155/http://www.fidelcastro.cu/en/articulos/principal-chapter-latest-book?PageSpeed=noscript Archive.org] saved at [http://archive.is/a0BQL Archive.is]</ref><ref>[http://www.cuba.cu/gobierno/reflexiones/2010/ing/f240810i.html Reflections of Comrade Fidel] saved at [http://web.archive.org/web/20190113172657/http://www.cuba.cu/gobierno/reflexiones/2010/ing/f240810i.html Archive.org] saved at [http://archive.is/ezNKP Archive.is]</ref> This was also purported by [[Abu Bakar Bashir]] cleric of [[Jemaah Islamiah]] (JI) in a 2006 interview.<ref>[https://www.smh.com.au/world/cia-used-micro-nuclear-bomb-in-bali-bashir-20060830-gdoa4r.html CIA used 'micro nuclear' bomb in Bali: Bashir] saved at [http://web.archive.org/web/20190508002357/https://www.smh.com.au/world/cia-used-micro-nuclear-bomb-in-bali-bashir-20060830-gdoa4r.html Archive.org] saved at [http://archive.is/Dhw1S Archive.is]</ref>
 
  
 
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Event.png 2002 Bali bombings (Bombing,  False flag) Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
2002 Bali bombing.jpg
Date23:05, 12 October 2002
LocationBali,  Indonesia
Blamed onJemaah Islamiyah, Al-Qaeda
Type• Suicide bombing
• Car bomb
• Bomb vest
• Mini-nuke?
Deaths202
Injured (non-fatal)209
Interest ofRobert S. Finnegan
DescriptionTwo bombs in Bali that killed 202 people, blamed on Al-Qaeda

The 2002 Bali bombings happened at 23:05 Central Indonesian Time on 12 October 2002.

Official Narrative

At 23:05 Central Indonesian Time (15:05 UTC) on 12 October 2002, a bomb detonated inside the nightclub Paddy's Pub causing many people to flee into the street. Twenty seconds later, a second and much more powerful bomb went off. This was hidden inside a white Mitsubishi van outside the Sari Club, opposite Paddy's Pub. Damage to the densely populated residential and commercial district was immense, destroying neighbouring buildings and shattering windows several blocks away. The car bomb explosion left a one metre deep crater. The 202 people killed were mostly tourists from Australia or Europe - over 20 countries in all.

A comparatively small bomb detonated outside the U.S. consulate in Denpasar, which is thought to have exploded shortly before the two Kuta bombs, caused minor injuries to one person and property damage was minimal.

Wikipedia reports that "FBI agent Ali Soufan confirmed that al-Qaeda did in fact finance the attack".

Concerns

In 2005, the former President of Indonesia, Abdurrahman Wahid stated that "The orders to do this or that came from within our armed forces not from the fundamentalist people", i.e. that he believed the bombing was a false flag attack. Asked who he thought planted the second bomb, he replied "Maybe the police... or the armed forces."[1][2]

Fool Me Twice - Exposing the Australian government's lies about the East Timor massacres, the cover-up of the Bali bombings and finally the subsequent anti-terror legislation forced through parliament. mashj50 YT channel - Odysee Backup

Effect of the 2nd bomb blast

The first bomb, which was significantly smaller than the second bomb, was exploded by a suicide bomber in Paddy’s Irish Bar / Paddy's Pub. This was done to scare people out of the localities in the surrounding area. According to live reports, the second bomb ignited "probably one block, block and a half" described as: "just all on fire".[3][4] The crater has been reported to be "five-foot deep by twenty-foot wide" (~1,5 m by 6 m).[5] Imam Samudra, sometimes argued to be the mastermind behind the attack, in an interview in 2008 claimed that the second explosion was much bigger than they had expected and what happened there was "unacceptable", since it wasn't intended that so many people would be killed. Adding: “I learnt about explosives in Afghanistan” - “as you know, I may be an expert”. He, however, also denied being involved in the manufacturing of the bomb or to know who actually crafted it. Due to the extraordinary strong explosion he claimed that it is very possible that “the CIA or KGB or Mossad” had somehow tampered with it.[6] Over the course of the investigation, the type of explosive, as well as combinations thereof, were changed several times back on forth.[7]

Mini-nuke?

Robert S. Finnegan, investigative reporter and writing for the The Jakarta Post at the time,[8] believed that a miniature nuclear bomb was used in the attack. According to his account, some people in close proximity to the second explosion were evaporated due to the intense heat.

This was also purported by Abu Bakar Bashir, cleric of Jemaah Islamiah (JI), in a 2006 interview.[9]

About a month after the explosion bulldozers began dumping debris and all the bomb site wreckage into the ocean.[10]

In 2010 Dimitri Khalezov claimed that a miniature nuclear bomb was used (or could have been used) in the attack;[11] the information from Khalezov's side was discussed in an upcoming book by Daniel Estulin, a book which was reviewed by Fidel Castro beforehand.[12][13]


 

The Official Culprits

NameDescription
Al-QaedaA sketchy term that has been repeated endlessly by the corporate media. Its close connections to Western intelligence agencies are never examined. "The Brotherhood" of the modern era.
Jemaah Islamiyah
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