Iran war unlikely to trigger terror attacks in Indonesia: ex-militants
Politics
Sunni radical groups view Shiite-majority Iran as “infidel”
The scene of a bomb blast in Bali, Indonesia, after suicide attacks that killed 202 people in 2002. A former leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, the group responsible for the tragedy, says the Iran war is unlikely to trigger similar terror attacks due to the Sunni-Shiite division. © Reuters
KUALA LUMPUR — U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran are unlikely to trigger terrorist attacks in Indonesia, as the division between Sunni and Shiite Muslims has discouraged retaliations by regional terror cells, former militant leaders tell Nikkei Asia.
