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Bali Crisis Information Page
A special webpage being constantly updated has been set up by Indo.com to assist people seeking information on their relatives or friends holidaying in Bali. The site, which contains a list of the identified injured, can be viewed by clicking here.

Hotlines:
Australian: 1800 002 214 or +61 2 6261 3305 or 1300 555 135 toll free (within Australia only)
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Ambon Blast (15/10/02) #4209
(Source: JP)
Another bomb blast shook Batumerah village in Ambon, Maluku, at dawn on Monday, injuring two civilians.

Tanjung Calls for Day of Mourning (15/10/02) #4208
LAKSAMANA.Net, October 14, 2002 06:44 PM
Parliament speaker Akbar Tanjung apes Australia's call for a day of national mourning, while former president Gus Dur lambastes Vice President Hamzah Haz's "foolish talk".

Indonesia: The enemy within (15/10/02) #4207
ASIA TIMES, October 15, 2002
By Bill Guerin, JAKARTA - For Indonesia the pretense is well and truly over. President Megawati Sukarnoputri, reading out a prepared seven-point official statement more than 13 hours after the carnage in Bali occurred, said the government expressed its condolences to the relatives of victims in the brutal and inhumane violence, which was against the existing laws, religious teachings and moral values adopted by the Indonesian nation.

TNI accused of prolonging regional conflicts (15/10/02) #4206
The Jakarta Post, October 15, 2002
Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta. Military personnel in conflict areas have worked to escalate violence there in order to maintain their control over business activities, experts said on Monday.

Suspect in Manado blast identified, police say (15/10/02) #4205
The Jakarta Post, October 15, 2002
Yongker Rumteh, The Jakarta Post, Manado. Manado Police chief Adj. Sr. Com. Hengky Kaluara said his detectives had identified the physical features of a suspect in Saturday's bomb blast, which damaged the Philippines consulate general on Jl. Tikala I No. 12 here.

Tragedy unites Balinese and foreigners (15/10/02) #4202
The Jakarta Post, October 15, 2002
Rita A. Widiadana and I Wayan Juniartha, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, Bali
Help poured into Bali on Monday as the Balinese joined hands with people from many countries to help survivors of last Saturday's blast even as hospitals struggled with the mounting problem of scores of unidentified bodies.

Australia's Bali death toll is increasing (15/10/02) #4201
ABC AUSTRALIA, 15/10/2002 10:10:28
The number of Australians confirmed dead in the Bali blasts has risen to 20, almost 200 injured have been returned home for medical treatment

Indonesia blames al-Qaeda for Bali blasts (15/10/02) #4200
ABC AUSTRALIA, 15/10/2002 10:10:27
The Indonesian Government has blamed the al-Qaeda terrorist group for the Bali bomb massacres.

Defense Minister believes al-Qaeda behind Bali bomb blast (15/10/02) #4198
The Jakarta Post, 10/14/2002 8:31:49 PM
JAKARTA (JP): Defense minister Matori Abdul Djalil blamed Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terrorist group for the bomb blast incident in Bali which claimed almost 200 lives on Saturday night.

Indonesian Muslim militants claim U.S. behind Bali explosions (15/10/02) #4197
The Jakarta Post, 10/14/2002 5:51:44 PM
JAKARTA (Agencies): Two leaders of Muslim militant groups on Monday accused the U.S. of being behind the deadly Bali bomb blasts that killed at least 187 people over the weekend.

Osama Eyed In Bali Blasts (15/10/02) #4196
New York Post, Monday, October 14, 2002
By Brad Hunter. The Sari nightclub is reduced to a vacant lot of smoldering ruins after two powerful bombs blew up a crowd of foreign revelers - mostly Australians.- Reuters

Indonesian Islamic group denies responsibility for (14/10/02) #4192
Bali bombing
ABC AUSTRALIA, 14/10/2002 18:30:35
The leader of the Indonesian Islamic group, Jemaah Islamiah, has denied responsibility for the bomb blasts on the Indonesian island of Bali that has killed 190 people.

At least 183 dead in Bali bombings (14/10/02) #4191
Attacks called worst acts of terrorism in Indonesia's history
CNN, Sunday, October 13, 2002 Posted: 2:26 PM EDT
KUTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Indonesian government officials Sunday called attacks that killed at least 183 people in two Bali nightclubs the work of terrorists, while U.S. and regional intelligence officials linked the bombings to the al Qaeda terror network.

INDONESIA: Focus on fundamentalist cleric (14/10/02) #4189
ABC AUSTRALIA, 14/10/2002
The group in the spotlight after the weekend bomb blasts throughout Indonesia is the radical Islamic group Jemaah Islamiah, which has the support of Indonesia's leading fundamentalist cleric.
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Terrorism: US Threatens to Pull Out Staff (14/10/02) #4187
LAKSAMANA.Net, October 13, 2002 07:59 PM
Laksamana.Net - Even before the Bali bomb outrage, the heat on Indonesia was raised significantly last week as the United States contemplated pulling out staff as the grenade blast in Jakarta September 23 was linked to international terrorism.

Bush & Annan's Statements on Bali Bombing (14/10/02) #4186
LAKSAMANA.Net, October 14, 2002 11:09 AM
Laksamana.Net - George W. Bush and Kofi Annan on the Bali car bombing that left at least 187 people dead. Plus the US advises its citizens to leave Indonesia.

Bali: Explosion at Sari Nightclub (14/10/02) #4185
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Sunday, 13-Oct-2002 19:51:33 EST
At this time we can confirm that two Australians have lost their lives. Approximately 40 Australians have been injured, 15 seriously. A large number of Australians remain missing.

Bali Explosions (14/10/02) #4184
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 13 October 2002
Late on 12 October, two explosions occurred in Bali, Indonesia – at the Sari Nightclub and near the US Consulate General. Media reports have suggested that up to 180 people have been killed with many more injured. Given the large number of Australians in Bali, we hold grave concerns that many Australians may be among the casualties.

Americans urged to leave Indonesia (14/10/02) #4183
The Straits Times, Monday October 14, 2002
WASHINGTON -- The US State Department late on Sunday urged all US citizens in Indonesia to leave the country and ordered the departure of non-emergency US government personnel from there.

Intelligence surveillance upped after bomb threats (14/10/02) #4182
The Jakarta Post, October 14, 2002
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta. The Pattimura Military Commander Maj. Gen. Djoko Santoso said on Saturday that he would intensify intelligence surveillance in Maluku province in a bid to solve the recent spate of bomb scares in its capital city, Ambon.

Indonesia - OCHA Consolidated Situation Report No. 97 (14/10/02) #4180
4 - 11 October 2002
ACEH * At least 21 people - 14 civilians, 1 TNI soldier and 6 alleged GAM members - were killed in the province during the week, according to news media.
CENTRAL SULAWESI * A local newspaper, Radar Sulteng, reported on Monday (7 Oct.) of the attempted smuggling of 3,000 rounds of ammunition, during the Maleo Explosive Material Operation 2002, undertaken by 200 security personnel on Wednesday (2 Oct.) at KM Ngapulu in the Pantoloan Seaport.
MALUKU * The UNRC in Ambon late on Friday (11 Oct.) reported a force of about 1000 armed people (thought to be villagers) from Kailolo on Haruku Island, attacked a neighbouring village but were repelled by the police. A military force is now being sent to contain the situation. It is expected that over two thousand villagers of Pelaw have already fled the village.
NORTH MALUKU * The Provincial DPRD has added new names to the list of candidates for the gubernatorial elections for approval of the Central Government.
PAPUA * Four members of the FBI conducted a three-day visit to Papua to enquire about the ambush killing in August of two Americans and an Indonesian, as reported by AFP.

Death toll in Bali bomb blast up to 187 (14/10/02) #4179
ABC AUSTRALIA, 14/10/2002 08:30:15
The Australian Government has updated the number of Australian deaths from the bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali to thirteen, Indonesian officials say the overall death toll is up to 187.

Nation unites in condemning bombing (14/10/02) #4178
The Jakarta Post, October 14, 2002
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta. Condemnation poured in from around the country on Sunday against the worst bombing in Indonesia's history, which killed nearly 200 people on the resort island of Bali. Many of those denouncing Saturday's bombing also said the "savage attack" posed the biggest challenge the administration of President Megawati Soekarnoputri has faced.

Bombings in Bali (14/10/02) #4177
ABC AUSTRALIA, 14/10/2002
The bombing of nightclubs frequented by Westerners in Bali, Indonesia - as well as bomb attacks against US and Philippines consulates in Bali - have highlighted the growing influence of Islamist groups opposed to US and allied policy in the “war on terror”.

Eyewitness accounts of Bali bombings (14/10/02) #4176
ABC AUSTRALIA, 14/10/2002 10:13:41
Many of those in the nightclubs destroyed in the attack were very young, taking part in what's become a virtual rite of passage for Australian youth, the holiday to an island where cutting loose has been de rigeur, and free from risk, until now. Our Indonesia Correspondent spoke to some of those caught up in the tragedy.

Thousands of tourists try to escape Bali (14/10/02) #4175
ABC AUSTRALIA, 14/10/2002 11:06:25
A mass exodus of tourists from the Indonesian island of Bali is in full swing after a bombing which demolished nighclubs in the island's popular tourist area at Kuta beach.

Queen Elizabeth expresses shock at Bali bombings (14/10/02) #4174
ABC AUSTRALIA, 14/10/2002 11:06:24
Queen Elizabeth the 2nd has sent a message to Australia's Prime Minister, John Howard, exrpessing her deep shock at the horrific bombings in Bali.

Blasts show need for crackdown (14/10/02) #4173
The Straits Times, Monday October 14, 2002
By Robert Go, STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU, JAKARTA - Indonesia has just learnt the hard way that there is no smoke without fire. After months of denying charges that it has become a fertile operating ground for terrorists bent on killing and instilling fear in people, President Megawati Sukarnoputri's government should now have all the proof it needs. Saturday night's blasts and fires in the sprawling archipelago's 'Island of the Gods' claimed the lives of about 180 people and seriously wounded 300 more, many of them foreign tourists.

Jakarta's day of reckoning (14/10/02) #4172
The Age [Australia], October 14 2002
Indonesia has failed to take the threat of Islamic violence seriously, writes Tony Parkinson.

Radical Islam taking centre stage (14/10/02) #4171
The Age [Australia], October 14 2002
Extremists may be the tool, yet again, to foment instability in the archipelago, writes Louise Williams.

Military secret returns to haunt (14/10/02) #4170
The Age [Australia], October 14 2002
The bombings in Bali will put Indonesia's deepening problem with radical Islamic groups in the international spotlight, writes David Jenkins.

Hamzah Haz blames Bali blast on weak intelligence, security (14/10/02) #4169
The Jakarta Post, 10/13/2002 7:34:12 PM
JAKARTA (Agencies): Vice President Hamzah Haz partly blamed weak intelligence and poor security measures on Sunday for the overnight blast that killed at least 182 people in the resort island of Bali.

RI government strongly condemns bomb blasts in (14/10/02) #4168
Bali, Manado
The Jakarta Post, 10/13/2002 7:08:35 PM
JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian government strongly condemned on Sunday bomb blasts in the resort island of Bali and the North Sulawesi capital of Manado on Saturday night, which claimed many lives.

Bomb blast in Bali caught security on the hop, (14/10/02) #4167
former president says
The Jakarta Post, 10/13/2002 9:10:20 PM
SURABAYA, East Java (JP): Former president Abdurrahman Wahid said here on Sunday that the bomb blast that claimed many lives in Kuta, Bali, late on Saturday happened due to lack of preparedness by security personnel.

Bali: Tourist magnet unused to violence (14/10/02) #4166
BBC World News, Sunday, 13 October, 2002, 04:31 GMT 05:31 UK
Every year millions of tourists flock to the Indonesian island of Bali, lured by its lush green forests and unspoilt white sandy beaches.

Indonesia ponders al Qaeda link (14/10/02) #4165
CNN, Sunday, October 13, 2002 Posted: 1201 GMT
By Amy Chew. JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Top Indonesian security officials say Bali's series of deadly bomb blasts was a terrorist act and are investigating whether it was linked to al Qaeda.

Bali blast toll reaches 60, more bodies buried under rubble (13/10/02) #4161
The Jakarta Post, 10/13/2002 1:58:08 AM
DENPASAR (JP): The number of casualties from the blasts in Indonesia's Bali tourist island continued to grow, with the latest report saying 60 had been confirmed dead by 1:42 a.m.

At least 53 dead in huge bomb on Indonesian tourist island (13/10/02) #4160
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, Sunday October 13, 2002 6:41 AM
A huge bomb ripped through two bars packed with tourists on the Indonesian resort island of Bali and killed at least 53 people, mostly foreigners, hospital sources said.

Bali Nightclub Bombing Kills 54 (13/10/02) #4158
ASSOCIATED PRESS, Saturday October 12, 2002 7:09 PM ET
By SLOBODAN LEKIC, Associated Press Writer. JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A bomb destroyed a nightclub on the tourist island of Bali Saturday, killing at least 54 people and injuring scores of others. Authorities said a second bomb exploded near the island's U.S. consular office.

Fifty-Eight Dead, Mostly Foreigners, in Bali (13/10/02) #4157
REUTERS, Saturday October 12, 2002 07:39 PM ET
BALI, Indonesia (Reuters) - At least 58 people, most of them foreign tourists, were killed and over 120 wounded in a wave of bomb attacks on revelers on Indonesia's resort island of Bali Saturday night, officials said.

Blast rocks Philippine consulate in Indonesian city (13/10/02) #4156
REUTERS, Saturday October 12, 2002 10:07 PM
MANADO, Indonesia (Reuters) - A suspected bomb exploded in the front yard of the Philippines consulate in the Indonesian city Manado on Saturday, causing some damage but no casualties in an attack that officials blamed on terrorists.

US State Dept says American ambassador in Jakarta (13/10/02) #4155
may send staff home
ABC AUSTRALIA, 12/10/2002 16:21:45
The US State Department has refused to deny reports that its ambassador in Jakarta has warned that he could withdraw some embassy staff unless Indonesian authorities improve security after a grenade explosion near an embassy residence.

Boyce holds meetings amid 'worsening security' (13/10/02) #4154
The Jakarta Post, October 12, 2002
Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta. Amid reports of escalating threats against United States diplomats in Indonesia, Ambassador Ralph L. Boyce has held a series of meetings with high-ranking Indonesian officials, apparently to highlight U.S. security concerns.

US concerned about unresolved grenade explosion in Jakarta (13/10/02) #4152
ABC AUSTRALIA, 11/10/2002 23:04:59
The United States is urging Indonesian authorities to resolve the uncertainty surrounding a grenade explosion last month near an unoccupied house belonging to the US embassy.

Wiranto wins libel case against sociologist (13/10/02) #4147
The Jakarta Post, October 11, 2002
Theresia Sufa and Debbie A. Lubis, The Jakarta Post, Bogor/Jakarta. Cibinong District Court found sociologist Tamrin Amal Tomagola and Jawa Pos daily guilty on Thursday in a libel case against former Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen. (ret) Wiranto and three other high-ranking military officials.

U.S. Threatens a Pullback of Staff (13/10/02) #4144
U.S. Believes Jakarta Attack Targeted American Official; Cleric Is Suspect In Jakarta Blast
The Wall Street Journal, October 11, 2002
By JOHN MCBETH and BARRY WAIN, Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. The U.S. government believes a grenade explosion in Jakarta last month was a botched terrorist attack on an American official, and Washington is threatening to begin evacuating diplomatic staff unless Indonesia cracks down on Islamic militant groups.

Jihad warning over Indonesian cleric arrest (13/10/02) #4143
CNN, Thursday, October 10, 2002 Posted: 1400 GMT
By Amy Chew. JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Supporters of Indonesian Muslim cleric, Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, accused by regional governments of having links with al Qaeda, have warned of mobilizing the masses to wage a jihad or holy war if he were arrested.

Tension mounts as bomb blast, scares hit Ambon (11/10/02) #4141
The Jakarta Post, October 11, 2002
Oktovianus Pinontoan, The Jakarta Post, Ambon, Maluku. A bomb exploded near a military base in Batugantung subdistrict in the Maluku capital of Ambon on Wednesday morning, wounding at least four civilians and two Army soldiers.

Indonesian police to interrrogate al-Qaeda suspect in US (11/10/02) #4133
ABC AUSTRALIA, 10/10/2002 23:06:15
Indonesian police will travel to the United States to question an alleged senior al-Qaeda operative arrested in Indonesia and now detained by American authorities.

Bomb Blast Injures 6 in Ambon (10/10/02) #4129
LAKSAMANA.Net, October 9, 2002 05:36 PM
Laksamana.Net - A bomb exploded Wednesday (9/10/02) in the religiously divided city of Ambon, Maluku province, injuring four civilians and two police officers, reports said.

Muhammadiyah-NU called upon to formulate alternative (10/10/02) #4128
programs
The Jakarta Post, 10/9/2002 10:09:33 PM
JAKARTA (JP): Rector of the State Islamic University Prof Dr. Azumardi Azra urged Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyyah, the two largest and most moderate Islamic organizations in Indonesia, to formulate alternative ideas and programs to anticipate the rapid growth of social and religious developments.

Three wounded in Ambon bomb blast (10/10/02) #4125
ABC AUSTRALIA, 09/10/2002 22:03:48
A bomb has blown up in the Indonesia's island of Ambon, wounding at least three people.

Bomb blast injures six (10/10/02) #4124
The Australian, October 09, 2002
A BOMB blast in the capital of Indonesia's religiously divided Maluku province has injured four civilians and two soldiers.

Blast injures six in Indonesia's Ambon (10/10/02) #4122
The Star, Wednesday, October 09, 2002
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A bomb explosion Wednesday in the capital of Indonesia's religiously divided Maluku province injured four civilians and two soldiers, officials and witnesses said.

NGOs demand dissolution of FPI (10/10/02) #4118
The Jakarta Post, 10/9/2002 7:38:30 PM
JAKARTA (JP): Over 2,000 demonstrators of several non-governmental groups (NGOs) called on Wednesday the dissolution of the radical Islam Defenders Front (FPI), saying that the incessant raids on nightclubs and entertainment centers had tarnished the image of Islam.

Indonesian nightclub workers rally against hardline (10/10/02) #4117
Muslim group
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, Wednesday October 9, 2002 3:42 PM
Nightclub workers have rallied against a hardline Muslim group that attacked entertainment spots in Indonesia's capital last weekend.

Religious Freedom in Indonesia (09/10/02) #4116
October 8, 2002 05:13 PM, The US State Department
Laksamana.Net - Full text of the US State Department's report on religious freedom in Indonesia, released on October 7, 2002. Via the US State Department's
website.
....On April 28, 2002, dozens of hooded militiamen razed the Christian village of Soya, in Ambon, burned its church, and killed 12 persons. The Soya attack came hours after the Laskar Jihad commander, Ja'far Umar Thalib, delivered an inflammatory speech in which he stated that there would be no reconciliation with Christians and that Muslims had to prepare for armed combat. The Government, which had drawn criticism for failing to bring to justice perpetrators of the violence, and for failing to prevent the influx of thousands of Laskar Jihad fighters to the area, responded by arresting Thalib on May 4, 2002. Thalib's detention sparked violent confrontations in Maluku that left 2 persons dead.

Indonesia: Defending Islam against itself (09/10/02) #4110
ASIA TIMES, October 9, 2002
By Bill Guerin. Al-Habib Muhammad Rizieq bin Hussein Syihab, leader of the pro-Suharto radical Muslim group FPI (Defenders of Islam), and his storm troopers may, after two years of apparent immunity from the process of law and order, be about to be brought to account.

Mandala resumes flights to Ambon (09/10/02) #4108
The Jakarta Post, October 09, 2002
Emmy Fitri, The Jakarta Post, Ambon. As security conditions have been improving, Mandala airline has reopened its route from Jakarta to restive Ambon with four flights a week on a Boeing 737-200 plane.

Four FBI agents visit Papua to discuss Freeport ambush, (09/10/02) #4106
police chief says
The Jakarta Post, 10/8/2002 10:07:48 PM
JAYAPURA, Papua (JP): Four members of the United States's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have visited Papua to ask about an Indonesian police probe into the ambush killing of two Americans and an Indonesian in August, the police chief assigned to Papua, I Made Mangku Pastika said here on Tuesday.

FBI visits Papua for ambush investigation (09/10/02) #4105
ABC AUSTRALIA, 08/10/2002 23:03:51
Members of America's Federal Bureau of Invesitgation have visited Papua, formerly known as Irian Jaya, to question an Indonesian police probe into the ambush killing of two Americans and an Indonesian in August.

Indonesian army implicated in 1999 Dili attack (09/10/02) #4104
ABC AUSTRALIA, 08/10/2002 22:04:25
An East Timorese man wounded in an attack on a refugee-packed compound in Dili in 1999 has told a court Indonesian soldiers were among the attackers.

Is Indonesia a terrorist base? (09/10/02) #4103
The gulf between rhetoric and evidence is wide
Inside Indonesia
, July-Sept. 2002
Greg Fealy. Indonesia has frequently been cast as a country with a serious international terrorism problem. The US, Singapore and Malaysia claim to have evidence of terrorists being based in Indonesia or of Indonesians leading offshore terrorist groups. Singaporean senior minister Lee Kwan Yew declared that Indonesia was a ‘hotbed of terrorism'. The claims have been used by the Bush administration to pressure Indonesia to take strong action against them.

Indonesian police arrest Muslim hardliners (08/10/02) #4096
ABC AUSTRALIA, 07/10/2002 01:00:38
Indonesia says it plans to prosecute eight of 13 members of a radical Muslim group arrested for raiding nightspots in the capital, Jakarta.

Australia Min: Indonesian Cleric Linked To Terrorist Group (08/10/02) #4095
ASSOCIATED PRESS
, Monday October 7, 2002
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 7 (AP)--Australia is convinced that a prominent Indonesian religious scholar is involved with an Islamic militant terrorist group accused of plotting to bomb the U.S., Australian and British embassies in Singapore, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Monday.

Why Israel and not Sudan, is singled out (08/10/02) #4094
-- The West's "Human Rights Complex"
Boston Globe, 10/5/2002
By Charles Jacobs. Harvard President Larry Summers recently criticized those on his campus who speak in the name of human rights but selectively censure Israel while ignoring much greater problems in the Middle East. He described the divestment campaign at Harvard singling out Israel "among all the nations as the lone country where it is inappropriate" for universities to invest, as anti-Semitic ''in effect if not intent.''

More mob attack on exclusive Islamic sect (07/10/02) #4092
The Jakarta Post, October 07, 2002
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta. An angry mob attacked properties belonging to the members of an Islamic sect in Bajo Donggo village on Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara, on Saturday, the second such attack in just one week.

Eight FPI members declared suspects (07/10/02) #4089
The Jakarta Post, 10/6/2002 6:23:15 PM
JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta Police declared eight of the 13 arrested members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) suspects, following recent attacks by the religious militants on a number of nightspots and billiard centers in the Chinatown area of Jakarta.

Government criticized over handling of IDPs (07/10/02) #4086
The Jakarta Post, October 05, 2002
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta - The United Nations criticized on Thursday the government's poor handling of internally displaced persons (IDPs), urging government officials to comply with the guidelines it had issued.

On the Trail of Omar Al-Faruq (07/10/02) #4082
TEMPO Magazine No. 04/III/01 Oktober - 07, 2002
Omar Al-Faruq is now known to have taken part in weapons training in Ambon. But in Poso, senior Muslim figures say they don't know him.

Police Reject Radical's Complaint (04/10/02) #4078
LAKSAMANA.Net, October 4, 2002 12:19 AM
Laksamana.Net - Radical Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir's effort to sue Time magazine for defamation suffered a major setback Thursday (3/10/02) when police said they would not pursue his complaint as they have no authority to investigate the case.

Indonesia - OCHA Consolidated Situation Report No. 96 (04/10/02) #4077
28 September - 3 October 2002
ACEH * At least 6 people - 5 civilians, and 1 alleged GAM member-were killed in the province during the week, according to news media.
MALUKU * According to Koran Info, Maluku's Governor, Saleh Latuconsina, told reporters on Monday (30 Sep.) that the election for Governor and Vice Governor, originally set for this November, would be postponed indefinitely. The election would be delayed until there is further instruction from the Central Government, Latuconsina added. Latuconsina also mentioned that a caretaker would be directly appointed by the President to fill in the position until the election for a new Governor takes place.
NORTH MALUKU * The Autonomy Evaluation Council (DPOD) recommended to the DPR RI that three new administrative regions proposed by the North Maluku Government, namely North Halmahera, South Halmahera and Sula Island meet the criteria to qualify as new districts. The DPR RI will debate the bill and it is expected that the new districts will be approved by the end of November 2002.
PAPUA * The Jakarta Post reported on Tuesday (Oct.1) that a coalition of NGOs urged the United Nations to send a rapporteur to investigate the Freeport ambush that killed two Americans and one Indonesian.
OTHER * In South Sulawesi, Kompas in Makassar reported that following the discovery of a corpse, an inter-communal clash between two neighbourhoods occurred in the village of Lawewe in the Baebunta sub-district of North Luwu (around 300 km from Makassar), South Sulawesi. The clash occurred on Monday (30 Sept.) at around 0500 local time, resulting in one death, three people suffering serious injuries and at least 37 homes being torched.

China Eyes Economic, Military Ties With Indonesia (04/10/02) #4074
CNS News, October 02, 2002
By Patrick Goodenough, Pacific Rim Bureau Chief. Pacific Rim Bureau (CNSNews.com) - China and Indonesia are putting historical differences behind them and pursuing economic and military cooperation, in a development some analysts believe may come at the expense of the United States.

Rights-asia: Media On Alert Vs Threats To Freedom (04/10/02) #4073
GlobalInfo.org, October 1, 2002
By Anil Netto. PENANG, Malaysia, Oct. 1 (IPS) -- Journalists in Southeast Asian nations with a history of oppressive rule are casting a wary eye at attempts to clamp down on their new-found freedom.

US: Cleric Had Role in Bomb Attempt (03/10/02) #4062
ASSOCIATED PRESS, Wednesday October 2, 2002 3:19 AM ET
By JOHN J. LUMPKIN, Associated Press Writer. WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. counterterrorism officials believe that a shadowy Indonesian cleric with links to al-Qaida played a leading role in a thwarted effort to bomb at least one American embassy in Southeast Asia on the anniversary of Sept. 11.

Time magazine says its story is good journalism product (03/10/02) #4061
The Jakarta Post, 10/2/2002 7:10:10 PM
JAKARTA (JP): Time magazine, threatened with a lawsuit over an article linking Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, an Indonesian Muslim cleric, to an alleged terrorist, has defended the integrity of its reporting.

Indonesian forces in graft war (03/10/02) #4058
The Australian, September 30, 2002
By Sian Powell. TURF wars over extortion rackets often trigger armed clashes between the Indonesian military and the nation's police force, a conference on the weekend was told.

The military in Indonesia Stirring things up can be (02/10/02) #4057
good business
The International Herald Tribune, Wednesday, October 2, 2002
By Brigham Golden - IHT. JAKARTA A hail of gunfire burst from the mist-shrouded jungle in Indonesia's remote Papua Province, strafing a convoy of cars belonging to the American mining corporation Freeport McMoRan. The Aug. 31 ambush on the mountain road leading to one of the world's largest gold and copper mines killed three employees and injured 11. It was a symptom of the troubled state of affairs in Indonesia.

Flag raising angers Jakarta (02/10/02) #4051
The Age [Australia], September 30 2002
By Farah Farouque. Flag raising is common at public events. But when RMIT raised the Morning Star - the flag of those seeking independence for the Indonesian province of West Papua - the impact went as far as Jakarta.
........A number of other Pacific regional flags were raised, as well as the flag of the independence movement of the South Moluccas in another Indonesian province.

Abu Bakar Ba'asyir sues Time magazine (02/10/02) #4050
The Jakarta Post, 10/1/2002 7:43:02 PM
JAKARTA (Agencies): Chairman of the Indonesian Mujahidin Council (MMI) Abu Bakar Ba'asyir filed a lawsuit on Tuesday with the National Police against Time magazine for its story accusing him of involvement in the alleged international terrorist network, al-Qaeda.

Washington told of countries which supress religion (02/10/02) #4043
ABC AUSTRALIA, 02/10/2002 11:12:40
An independent advisory group funded by the U.S. government has recommended that the administration adds several Asian countries to its list of countries that restrict religious freedoms.

Christian church trashed in Sulawesi estate (01/10/02) #4042
ABC AUSTRALIA, 01/10/2002 17:11:00
A mob has destroyed a Christian Pentecostal church built in a residential complex in the predominantly Muslim city of Makassar in Indonesia's South Sulawesi.

Indonesian mob destroy Christian church in (01/10/02) #4041
South Sulawesi city
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, Tuesday October 1, 2002 10:25 AM
A mob has destroyed a Christian Pantecostal church built in a residential complex in the predominantly Muslim city of Makassar in Indonesia's South Sulawesi.

LOMBOK: Muslims attack each other over religion (01/10/02) #4039
The Straits Times, Tuesday October 1, 2002
JAKARTA - Muslims have attacked each other on the Indonesian island of Lombok amid tensions over differing forms of the religion.

Troops battle police (01/10/02) #4038
The Straits Times, Tuesday October 1, 2002
By Marianne Kearney, STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU. JAKARTA - At least 100 soldiers armed with grenades, bazookas and rifles attacked a police station in North Sumatra on Sunday night, killing four policemen and leaving 27 injured.

Indonesia - OCHA Consolidated Situation Report No. 95 (01/10/02) #4037
20 - 27 September 2002
ACEH * At least 17 people-11 civilians, 1 TNI soldier, and 5 alleged GAM members-were killed in the province during the week, according to news media.
CENTRAL SULAWESI * Mercy Corps sponsored two NGOs from Ambon to visit Central Sulawesi to meet with local NGOs working with Mercy Corps in Poso and Tentena. The aim of the visit is for the NGOs to share experience and transfer knowledge. The visitors planned to travel to Poso and Tentena on 27 and 28 September.
MALUKU * Two persons died, five injured, and two were missing after a speedboat was attacked in Tanjung Sial area near Seram Island on Saturday (21 Sep.)
NORTH MALUKU * Mimbar Kieraha daily reported that four people attacked the DPRD Speaker, Rustam Conoras, in his hotel room in Jakarta last Thursday (19 Sep.). He was forced to write a letter admitting irregularities in the gubernatorial elections. There was also an attempt to burn down his house in Ternate that same morning. Police are investigating both incidents. Meanwhile, two groups of local university students continued to demonstrate at the DPRD building. One group demanded the gubernatorial elections to be cancelled while the other group demanded the election process to proceed. The DPRD itself is still waiting for the Central Government to officially approve the four candidates for the gubernatorial elections.
PAPUA * The media reported that a leader of the Papua-based Institute for Human Rights Study and Advocacy (Els-Ham), John Rumbiak, said on Wednesday (25 Sep.) that army soldiers from the Kopassus Special Forces were involved in the fatal ambush on employees of the Freeport mine on 31 August. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ryamizard Ryacudu denied the allegations.

Locals destroy church in Makassar (01/10/02) #4036
The Jakarta Post, October 01, 2002
MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: A group of angry locals demolished a Pantekosta church on Jl. Ketapang, Panakukang housing complex in Makassar, South Sulawesi at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, citing the absence of a building permit.

Lombok calm after attack on Islamic sect (01/10/02) #4035
The Jakarta Post, October 01, 2002
MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Calm returned on Monday to Batuyang village in East Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara after a mob burned down a mosque and destroyed eight houses belonging to members of the Indonesian Islam Propagation Council (LDII) sect over the weekend.

Indonesian soldiers attack police compound (01/10/02) #4034
ABC AUSTRALIA, 01/10/2002 07:21:32
Indonesia's military has condemned an attack by 100 of its soldiers on a police post on the island of Sumatra.

Three shot dead near Indonesia's presidential palace (01/10/02) #4033
ABC AUSTRALIA, 01/10/2002 07:21:37
Three people have been shot dead outside a money changer's shop in Jakarta, not far from Indonesia's presidential palace.

Papuan separatists welcome Vanuatu's support (01/10/02) #4032
ABC AUSTRALIA, 01/10/2002 10:02:34
Papuan independence activists have welcomed Vanuatu's strong support for their cause at the United Nations, and have urged other Pacific countries to add their voice to the campaign.

Gently Turning The Heat Up (01/10/02) #4030
FEER, Issue cover-dated October 03, 2002
By Barry Wain and John McBeth. Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri took the call from U.S. President George W. Bush at 6 p.m. local time on September 16. He had intended to talk about Iraq, American officials say, but the conversation ended up focusing on terrorism and the imminent arrival in Jakarta of Karen Brooks, the National Security Council's director for Asian affairs and a close friend of the Indonesian leader.

US allows Indonesia to question al-Qaeda suspect... (01/10/02) #4029
The Jakarta Post, 9/30/2002 7:18:09 PM
JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said here on Monday that Jakarta has obtained approval from the United States for a joint questioning of an alleged senior al-Qaeda operative arrested in Indonesia but now detained in Afghanistan.

Indonesia says terrorists in country based in Maluku & Poso (01/10/02) #4025
Channel News Asia, 26 September 2002 1745 hrs (SST) 0945 hrs (GMT)
Indonesia's Armed Forces Commander Edriartono Sutarto has admitted to the existence of terrorist elements in Indonesia but said the country's security forces have yet to determine links to Al Qaeda.
 

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