Terrorists Plan Kidnappings in Indonesia

(Jakarta) Recent intelligence data indicates that al-Qaeda linked Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) has formulated new plans for attacking Indonesia during the Christmas and New Years holiday season.

From TheJakartaPost.com:

Islamic terrorists in Indonesia are plotting to kidnap high-ranking officials, including foreigners - apparently shifting away from suicide bombings, the intelligence chief said Tuesday.

"They have a change in plan, such as to kidnap certain figures, especially influential ones, it could be foreigners or our officials," Syamsir Siregar, the head of the State Intelligence Agency, told reporters after meeting the president. He did not elaborate.

Also, according to Siregar, a terrorist website gave instructions last month on how to shoot foreigners in the streets of Jakarta or throw grenades at motorists stuck in traffic in the car-clogged city.

As an interesting side note, if you click through to the links, you'll see that the Indonesian press consistently calls terrorists "terrorists" while the Australian press (ABC News Online) calls them "militants."