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...soldier slugs a suspect across the face. That's no problem. As long as he is able to function after the questioning." Brigadier General Bambang Darmono, outgoing military commander of Indonesia's troubled Aceh province, admitting that troops are allowed to rough up detainees...
...SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO, top Indonesian Security Minister, in response to last week's hotel bombing in Jakarta that killed at least 10 people and injured some...
...turn of the last century but now used only by military dictatorships, such as Burma. "The village will be surrounded and given a warning so women, children and the elderly can leave first," explains General Sudi Silalhi, chief adviser to Indonesia's chief security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. "Then they will give another warning to those with arms to drop their weapons and come out. Then, if there are still some left in the village, we will go into the homes and conduct sweepings." This means anyone left in the villages is liable to be shot on sight...
...pull back to "defensive positions." Civilian killings have dropped from a pre-accord average of 87 per month to an average of 12. Businesses are re-opening and foreign aid has begun to arrive. Still, international monitors have cited both sides for violating the accord. Chief Security Minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the deal is on the "brink of collapse" due to continued rebel attacks and extortion of the citizenry. GAM, naturally, blames the army...
...back and fell to the floor," Spier recalls. "The attackers kept shooting and shooting for about 45 minutes ... it felt like thousands of bullets and pieces of shrapnel [were] ripping through the vehicle... People were screaming." By the time the gunfire stopped, three people were dead, including Indonesian instructor Bambang Riwanto and two Americans: Edwin Burgon, the 71-year-old principal of the International School of Tembagapura; and Spier's husband Rick, 44, a fourth-grade teacher from Colorado...