Cabinet papers from 2002 reveal the Howard government grappling with terror-related issues, including the devastating Bali bombings.
The nation’s intelligence community believed there was “no evidence” Australian interests were being targeted by international terrorist organisations just months before the largest loss of Australian lives in a single terror attack in the Bali bombings.
Carried out by terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah, it remains the largest loss of Australian life in a terrorist attack. The committee was told that with a large number of missing Taliban and al-Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan, it would take at least six more months for the US military operation to “uproot them”.The International Security Assistance Force, which Australia had contributed towards in the early stages of the war in Afghanistan, had made clear it believed a much larger force would be needed to secure the country from Taliban and al-Qaeda-supported forces.
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