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ASSOCIATED PRESS
October 4, 2001
Indonesia Urges US To Show Restraint In Anti-Terror War
JAKARTA (AP)--The world's most populous Muslim nation Thursday said it still supports Washington's campaign against global terrorism, but called on the U.S. not to go to war as part of it.
Indonesia has seen a rise in anti-U.S. sentiment since the Sept. 11 terrorist strikes on the U.S. Thousands of Muslims have demonstrated against possible U.S. retaliation.
Security Minister Bambang Susilo Yudhoyono said Indonesia was ready to cooperate with Washington, but warned "excessive" action could create a new humanitarian crisis.
He suggested a greater role for the United Nations.
"Indonesia calls on all sides, including the United Nations, to take constructive steps to avoid an open war and the loss of innocent lives," he said after a Cabinet meeting.
Indonesian officials have previously said authorities will comply with U.S. demands to freeze assets linked to international terrorists.
Yudhoyono also said the government wouldn't allow any Indonesian Muslims to travel to Afghanistan to defend that country.
Several hundred young Muslim fighters are reportedly preparing to leave for Afghanistan. Other groups have threatened to destroy the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta and attack U.S. citizens living in Indonesia if retaliatory strikes are launched.
The State Department has warned Americans not to travel to Indonesia, and authorized the evacuation of all nonessential personnel at the embassy in Jakarta.
Several U.S. companies based in Indonesia are also preparing to leave.
An international school in the central Javanese town of Salatiga announced it was temporarily closing because it had received bomb threats.
A spokesman for the Mountain View International Christian School said students would continue their lessons by electronic-mail.
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