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Flowers at Scene of Terrorist Bombing in Kuta

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We were visiting the town of Ubud on October 1, 2005 when three suicide bombers hit the town of Kuta. When we saw the scene a few days later there were many flowers. The Balinese Hindus were very upset at these new attacks, apparently carried out by Muslim extremists from Java. Tourism is extremely important to Bali's economy, and was just recovering after similar bombings in 2002.