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...slammed into their homeland, some fear their cost ultimately could be far greater than the toll in America?that it could turn Indonesia, the world's fourth most-populous country, into a failed state. Just four years after the dictator Suharto was run out of office, the sprawling archipelago is struggling to emerge as a stable democracy. It hosts a full complement of developing-country ills: endemic corruption, erratic courts, reform-resistant corporations, crippling national debt, a barely functioning banking sector and falling investment. Psychological shock waves surging outward from Kuta Beach are bound to intersect with the nation...
Last weekend's Bali bomb blast that killed upwards of 180 people is a bloody "wake up call" to Indonesia to get tougher on the terrorists in the archipelago. So says Paul Wolfowitz, the deputy secretary of defense and arguably the Bush administration's most ardent champion of Indonesia. "We've been talking with them for a long time about the seriousness of this problem, and the need to take it on seriously," said Wolfowitz, who served as the U.S. ambassador in Jakarta from 1986 to 1989. "While they've made progress, there's still obviously a lot more...
...fears of fire and brimstone and killer surf, Flores represents a gentle face of Indonesia. It's a perfect antidote for those bored with Bali and jittery about politically volatile Java. The friendly, predominantly Christian populace has remained free of the religious and tribal violence that has wracked the archipelago. Much of the island is postcard gorgeous. The mineral glitter of its beaches cedes to vertiginous mountains and the misty mysteries of half-hidden valleys. "Most visitors are surprised by the unspoiled beauty of Flores," says Koro. "And the people here have realized tourism is our only hope...
...both staging area and refuge for terrorism. Along with Malaysia, Indonesia is one of the likely operational bases for Jemaah Islamiah, a pan-Southeast Asian terrorist group with al-Qaeda connections. While President Megawati Sukarnoputri's government has long denied the presence of substantial terror networks on the archipelago, it is willing to take Washington's $50 million. As the cold war painfully taught us, it takes time, money, and unfortunately, boots on the ground to win a war this ambitious. The U.S., so far at least, has been willing to commit all three in Asia...
...prosecutors. Ostensibly intended to deliver justice to victims who were murdered or wounded while simply trying to vote in East Timor's independence referendum, the trials have come to symbolize Indonesia's struggle to rein in the military's influence on virtually every aspect of life in this sprawling archipelago...