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Australia says not intimidated by blast
By Paul Tait
Australia will not be intimidated by a powerful car bomb that killed at least eight people outside its Jakarta embassy, Prime Minister John Howard says.
| "Savages don't 'intimidate' us, anymore than snakes 'intimidate' us..." |
The blast on Thursday came as Howard, a close U.S. ally, campaigned for an October 9 election and just two days before the third anniversary of the September 11 hijacked aircraft attacks on the United States. "This is not a nation that is going to be intimidated by acts of terrorism," Howard told reporters in Melbourne.
| "Australians will never be intimidated! And if we were going to be intimidated, it wouldn't be by Indonesia's dregs!" |
Opposition Labor leader Mark Latham described the bombing as "evil and barbaric". Howard and Latham have clashed over Australia's role in Iraq, with Latham saying Australian involvement puts it at greater risk of terror attacks.
| "I feel kinda intimidated." |
Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-09-09 |
