US intel 'identified Bali targets'

Noted & Quoted in: News.com.au

News.com.au

A confidential report obtained by the Asian Pacific Post newspaper says the intelligence information was shared with US allies including Australia.

Prime Minister John Howard and Austalian agencies such as ASIO maintain they had no prior warning of the October 12 Bali attacks.

But the new report identified the Sahid Bali Seaside Resort on Kuta Beach and the Hard Rock Hotel in Bali as targets - just 500 m from Paddys Bar and the Sari Club where the bombs went off killing 88 Australians.

The two resorts were among six targets in Indonesia placed on a list compiled by experts from the CIA, FBI, the National Security Agency, the US Army Engineering Corps, US Military Intelligence, US State Department and a variety of academic, security and intelligence consultants.