Americans in Indonesia Warned of Terrorist Threats

By Michael Sullivan

Published December 23, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

The U.S. government is urging its citizens in Indonesia to exercise "extreme caution" in public places over the holidays. The warning is prompted by threats from terrorists, such as those believed to have carried out the October bombings on the resort island of Bali that killed nearly 200 people. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports.

Michael Sullivan

Michael Sullivan is NPR's Senior Asia Correspondent. He moved to Hanoi to open NPR's Southeast Asia Bureau in 2003. Before that, he spent six years as NPR's South Asia correspondent based in but seldom seen in New Delhi.

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