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March 6, 2004

Jakarta Post - March 6, 2004

Jakarta – Indonesia Military (TNI) chief Gen. Endriartono Sutarto and Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) chief Maj. Gen.

February 25, 2004

The Guardian - February 25, 2004

Richard Norton-Taylor – Arms companies and the government are evading export controls by supplying countries with components rather than complete weapons systems whose sale would be ban

February 18, 2004

World Crisis Web - February 18, 2004

William Hardiker – In considering what constitutes an act of terrorism, one must first determine if terrorists were in fact those responsible.

February 12, 2004

Xinhua News - February 12, 2004

Jakarta – The Indonesian military (TNI) is keen to improve ties with the US military without being disturbed by political issues, the top military commander said here Thursday.

Jakarta Post - February 12, 2004

Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen. Endriartono Sutarto held talks with visiting United States Pacific Commander Adm. Thomas B.

February 11, 2004

The Guardian (London) - February 11, 2004

Richard Norton-Taylor – Human rights campaigners have accused the government of relaxing demands on Indonesia over the use of British military equipment in the country.

January 24, 2004

Asia Times - January 24, 2004

Brooklyn, New York – The US Congress on Thursday restored a ban on International Military Education and Training (IMET) for Indonesia, just months after President George W Bush cited a

January 22, 2004

ETAN Press Release - January 22, 2004

Congress today restored a ban on International Military Education and Training (IMET) for Indonesia, just months after President Bush cited a "changed attitude" among legislators that w

January 1, 2004

Agence France Presse - January, 17, 2004

Jakarta – Indonesia said Saturday it will withdraw controversial British-made Scorpion light tanks from Aceh province and replace them with a locally-produced model.

December 10, 2003

The Guardian (UK) - December 10, 2003

Richard Norton-Taylor and John Aglionby, Singapore – The legality of Britain's arms sales to Israel and Indonesia is to be challenged in the courts on the grounds that they breach state

The Independent (London) - December 10, 2003

Johann Hari – September 11 comes around once every three days.

December 6, 2003

The Guardian (UK) - December 6, 2003

Richard Norton-Taylor – The government is selling arms and security equipment to countries whose human rights record it has strongly criticised, according to lists of weapons cleared fo

November 6, 2003

Far Eastern Economic Review - November 6, 2003

John McBeth, Singapore – The US is funding, training and arming specially screened Indonesian policemen in a new pilot program that will ultimately leave Indonesia with a self- containe

October 31, 2003

Deutsche Presse Agentur - October 31, 2003

Jakarta – Indonesia described on Friday the recent decision by the US Senate to hold back on educational training for the country's armed forces as a "domestic matter" for American poli

Asia Times - October 31, 2003

Jim Lobe, Washington – Two weeks after President George W Bush announced that he was ready to normalize military ties with Indonesia, the US Senate approved an amendment to the 2004 for

October 22, 2003

Green Left Weekly - October 22, 2003

Max Lane, Jakarta – On October 13, the Indonesian armed forces (TNI) announced the cancellation of a November 6 visit to Australian Defence Force facilities in Perth by a TNI delegation

October 21, 2003

ETAN Statement - October 21, 2003

The East Timor Action Network (ETAN) today urged President Bush to set the record straight and restrict all military assistance for the Indonesian military (TNI) when he visits Bali, In

October 20, 2003

Washington Post - October 20, 2003

Dana Priest – President Bush misspoke when he said last week that the United States was ready to "go forward with" a new package of military training programs with Indonesia, according

October 18, 2003

Sydney Morning Herald - October 18, 2003

Marian Wilkinson Washington, Matthew Moore Jakarta – President George Bush has announced he is ready to resume military aid to Indonesia and renew ties with its armed forces, in a state

October 17, 2003

Agence France Presse - October 17, 2003

Jakarta – The United States plans to resume cooperation with Indonesia's armed forces because the Jakarta government has assisted a US investigation into the murder of two American citi

October 14, 2003

Agence France Presse - October 14, 2003

Sydney – Australia's opposition slammed the government's plans to revive military links with Indonesia's special forces Tuesday, after the cancellation of a visit by its chief over alle

Jakarta Post - October 14, 2003

Tiarma Siboro and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The Indonesian Army has turned down Australia's invitation for some of its Special Forces (Kopassus) officers to talk about antiterr

October 13, 2003

Agence France Presse - October 13, 2003

Indonesia's chief security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for a new defence pact with Australia, saying it was needed to promote the fight against terrorism.

Sydney Morning Herald - October 13, 2003

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – The Australian Government has refused to allow the commander of Indonesia's Kopassus special forces to accompany his officers for anti-terrorism talks in Perth

ABC PM - October 13, 2003

Peter Cave: Well, the death of al-Ghozi may have been a small victory, but the continuing fight against regional terrorism has suffered a setback, it seems, with Australia and Indonesia

September 3, 2003

Statement initiated by ASAP - September 3, 2003

The Australian government's support for closer military ties with the Indonesian armed forces (TNI), including the Kopassus special forces, is a discredited form of interference in Indo

September 2, 2003

ASAP protest letter - September 2, 2003

The Australian government's support for closer military ties with the Indonesian armed forces (TNI), including the Kopassus special forces, is a discredited form of interference in Indo

September 1, 2003

The Australian - September 1, 2003

John Kerin – Indonesia's notorious Kopassus special forces soldiers are eager to resume counter-terrorism training with the Australian military and do not understand lingering concern a

August 29, 2003

The Australian - August 29, 2003

How should Australia respond to the growing terrorist threat in Indonesia?

August 20, 2003

Agence France Presse - August 20, 2003

Indonesia's army chief today welcomed Australian plans to resume links with an Indonesian special forces unit which has been implicated in abuses in East Timor and elsewhere.

Green Left Weekly Editorial - August 20, 2003

Canberra's moves to resume military cooperation with Jakarta, especially with the quasi-state-terror gang Kopassus, in the name of the "war on terror", should strongly be opposed by all

August 14, 2003

Melbourne Age - August 14, 2003

Damien Kingsbury – The push by the Australian Government to renew its association with the Indonesian military's feared Kopassus special forces is perhaps the most doubtful proposition

Australian Associated Press - August 14, 2003

Australia would do its best to ensure Kopassus troops who trained East Timor militias would not be involved in joint activities when military links were re-established, Foreign Minister

August 13, 2003

The Australian - August 13, 2003

John Kerin Sian Powell – The US would not renew its ties with Indonesian special forces arm Kopassus until it resolved alleged military involvement in the unsolved murder of two US citi

Green Left Weekly - August 13, 2003

Vannessa Hearman – The United States and Australia are moving closer to restoring full military cooperation with Indonesia, including with the discredited Kopassus special operations un

SBS Dateline - August 13, 2003

Australia's willingness to engage internationally on the war on terror has led it recently to re-engage with the military here. But the US has not been so willing.

August 12, 2003

Radio Australia - August 12, 2003

Australia has announced it will renew military ties with Indonesia's special forces unit, Kopassus, just four years after severing links following allegations that Kopassus had co-ordin

Radio Australia - August 12, 2003

Linda Mottram: Though domestic issues are resurgent with the resumption of Federal Parliamentary sittings, security remains dominant, and the matter of how best to fight terrorism in In

Straits Times - August 12, 2003

Canberra – Australian Prime Minister John Howard yesterday defended a controversial plan to renew military links with Indonesia's elite Kopassus unit to help fight terror in the region

Australian Associated Press - August 12, 2003

Prime Minister John Howard has defended plans for Australia's military to resume links with Indonesia's notorious Kopassus special forces troops.

August 6, 2003

ASAP statement - August 6, 2003

[The following is a statement issued by Action in Solidarity with Asia and the Pacific on August 6.]

August 4, 2003

Sydney Morning Herald Editorial - August 4, 2003

When Paul Keating was prime minister, Australia and Indonesia signed an "agreement on maintaining security", a pact strong on symbolism but light on substance.

August 1, 2003

Sydney Morning Herald - August 1, 2003

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – Australia has moved to resume contentious joint military exercises with the Indonesian Army's special forces.

ABC World Today - August 1, 2003

Eleanor Hall: Australian Defence analysts and Indonesia watchers are raising concerns today about the merits of proposed joint-exercises involving Australia's Defence Forces and Indones

July 31, 2003

Agence France Presse - July 31, 2003

The US State Department has insisted it had made no decision on whether to send training aid to Indonesia's military, despite reports that it wants to release 400,000 dollars to armed f

July 28, 2003

Washington Post - July 28, 2003

Russell Feingold – Last month this newspaper printed a powerful article by Dana Priest relating the story of an ambush last summer in Indonesia that left three dead, including two Ameri

July 22, 2003

Jakarta Post - July 22, 2003

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The government warned on Monday that the US Congress decision to withhold military aid to Indonesia – reportedly because of a failure to bring the perpetrators

Christian Science Monitor - July 22, 2003

Dan Murphy, Washington – The Bush administration has decided to release to the Indonesian military money that was held up after a preliminary US investigation pointed toward Indonesian

July 18, 2003

Straits Times - July 18, 2003

Roger Mitton, Washington – There are tremors of apprehension in the United States about a serious downturn in its relationship with Indonesia.

July 17, 2003

Far Eastern Economic review - July 17, 2003

The upper and lower houses of the United States Congress clearly differ over whether to restore training for Indonesian military officers.