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Ah stuffit, gotta comment on this. There is so far no proof that JI were linked to this, furthermore it does not fit the assessment profile of JI whatsoever. The attack was well planned and executed and used a classic formula of one to get people into a street before a second major one. Secondly the explosive used was C4, which is mostly only accessible to the military, which it is worth noting have links to Islamic extremists in Indonesia dating back to the 70s. This may have been JI backed, but i doubt it was executed by JI, and most likely involved authorized or not, elements of the military in Indonesia and most likely overseas Islamic extremists. It is unlikely mainstream military elements planned this either as they have a strong financial interest in Bali, owning many of the major Hotels etc, which are of course ruined economically for a good 6 or so years because of this.