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The Jakarta Post, 12 Oct. 2001
Legislators ask U.S. to prove allegations on Osama-linked terrorists
JAKARTA (JP): The United States government should present proof of its allegations that Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network has members in Indonesia, legislators said on Thursday.
"Such allegations must be proven by the U.S. government. Otherwise, it will only create instability here," House of Representatives (DPR) speaker Akbar Tandjung said, as quoted by Antara.
Akbar called on the Indonesian government, especially the security apparatus, also to prove the allegations and take anticipatory measures if they were true.
Similarly, chairman of House Commission I on political and security affairs Ibrahim Ambong said the U.S. should give the evidence to the Indonesian Police and let them handle the matter.
Ambong said the present wave of anti-U.S. protests in the country was only based on religious solidarity, following the attacks on Afghanistan by the U.S. and its allies.
The same allegation was made during the commission's closed-door meeting with U.S. Ambassador Robert S. Gelbard last month, he said.
"At that time, he (Gelbard) said Indonesia had beeninfiltrated by a terrorist and narcotics network," he said, while pointing out that the accusation had been prompted by Gelbard's disappointment over the police's efforts to provide security for American citizens in Indonesia.
On Thursday, a U.S. official, who declined to be named, said bin Laden's al-Qaeda network had expanded its activities to the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia.
The terrorist networks in the three countries were among the likely targets of future covert and overt American actions, the official was quoted by The New York Times as saying.
The official further noted that in Indonesia, Islamic groups such as Laskar Jihad and the Islam Defenders Front (FPI), had received money, men and arms from the bin Laden group and its allies.
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