Officials: Cut out travel to Indonesia

The area has been hit by terrorists every year for the last three.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- The United States warned its citizens Thursday to avoid nonessential travel to Indonesia, saying a suicide bombing on Bali island earlier this month showed that terrorists were still active.
"The possibility remains that terrorists will carry out additional attacks in Bali, Jakarta or other areas of Indonesia in the near future," the U.S. Embassy said, adding that it had received reports Americans could be targeted.
The last time Washington issued a terror alert for Indonesia was in May.
The warning came hours before Jakarta Police chief Maj. Gen. Firman Gani said he discovered that at least 18 sites in the capital are potential targets of bomb attacks ahead of and during next week's celebration of the end of Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting.
"Police posts will be set up at malls, railway stations, airports, shopping centers and other places," Firman said. He did not identify the places by name.
Previous crimes
The world's most populous Muslim nation has been hit by deadly terrorist attacks every year since 2002, when twin nightclub bombings on Bali killed 202 mostly foreign tourists.
The Oct. 1 suicide bombings on the same island targeting three crowded restaurants killed 20 people and wounded more than 100.
Also Thursday, a bomb exploded on a minibus in the Indonesian province of Central Sulawesi, injuring one person, said Maj. Sambas Kurniawan, a police chief in the town of Parigi.
He said 11 people were in the bus, which was traveling from the predominantly Muslim provincial capital of Palu to the largely Christian town of Tentana.
The bomb was a low-intensity device that was apparently placed under one of van's seats, he said.
Central Sulawesi was the scene of a bloody war between Christians and Muslims in 2001 and '02 that killed around 1,000 people from both communities. In May, an attack at Tentana Market in Poso killed 22 people.
The fresh U.S. warning said Americans who do visit Indonesia should "be aware of their surroundings at all times, and vary their routes and times in carrying out daily activities."
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