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...never came. In Nias, the fear of a tsunami probably cost many lives of people who were trapped in rubble because their relatives had headed for high ground. The local government was paralyzed from the start. "The officials were in a panic that there would be another tsunami," says Bachtiar Chamsjah, Indonesia's Minister for Social Affairs. "They all left their work." Some locals who fled to higher ground came to regret it for another reason. Housewife Yohanna Duha and her 20-year-old daughter ran to the hills after the earthquake. When they returned home in the morning, their...
...they found semi-automatic rifles, bomb materials and, in the workshop of the alleged bomb maker, detailed sketches of Christian churches. (Laskar Jundullah is openly anti-Christian; Indonesian intelligence officials suspect that the group has been provoking tension in Maluku and Poso.) According to National Police Chief Da'i Bachtiar, one of the men arrested, Suryadi, is an associate of Imam Samudra, whom police say was the mastermind of the Bali bombings and a devotee of Abubakar Ba'asyir, alleged co-founder of JI. "Dwikarna, the bombers, Abubakar?all of these people know each other and are connected in some...
...fifth of 13 siblings, Amrozi was always something of a black sheep. At a televised press conference after his arrest last month, he told Indonesian national police chief Da'i Bachtiar that he was "a naughty person, sir--that's what my family always say about me." Unlike his brothers, most of whom graduated from religious schools, Amrozi never got beyond junior high and was best known for roaring through Tenggulun on one of his beloved motorbikes...
...operation seems to have been an attempt to head off violent protests that may be sparked by a U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. INDONESIA Smiling Villain The chief suspect in the Bali bombing said he was "delighted" by the attack, according to Indonesia's police chief. General Da'i Bachtiar interrogated the laughing suspect, a 40-year-old car mechanic called Amrozi, in front of journalists - but behind glass doors. Amrozi admitted owning the van used to carry the bomb and to visiting a shop in the city of Surabaya to buy the chemicals used in the bomb. His brother...
Professors G.M.A. Inkiriwang, M. Sadarjoen, and Adam Bachtiar (above, left to right), who are deans of three of Indonesia's four state-operated teacher training colleges, are studying methods for improved training of high school teachers. The Deans have met with Francis Keppel '38, Dean of the School of Education, and have attended several classes at the school...
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