Originally posted by Soledad

The suspicion is that Australia was targeted because of it's support to go to war with the US against Iraq. There is a group here that has connections to Al Qaeda (remember them?), and it is suspected that it was a protest against targeting Iraq. NZ has not supported going to war with Iraq, so NZ is not thought to be a target.

Of course, this is all conjecture at this point, but the evidence does look like it's heading in this direction.
There are several terrorist groups in Indonesia, one of which has ties to Al Qaeda, so this is indeed the prime suspicion.

But Tony Blair has also been a public supporter of the US's policies as well, and the UK has not been targeted as such yet. Let's hope this never happens.

Also, our (Australian) government allowed more than 300 Indonesian boat people drown earlier this year in a dreadful cover-up. Their boat sank and was within salvageable distance of an Australian military ship but by the time action was taken, the ship sank, losing hundreds of lives.

Australia's involvement in the independence of East Timor from Indonesia may also be a reason.

I can only hope the truth is uncovered.