Word: dani
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fraternity is an outgrowth of an interfaith meeting in Paris last spring, organized by Jesuit Theologian Jean Daniélou and Father Michel Hayek of Lebanon, lecturer on Christian-Moslem relations. To their delight, both Moslems and Jews accepted invitations to attend. "The discussion was often hot," Hayek recalls, "but no one threw any chairs." A series of subsequent discussions proved so rewarding that three months ago the leaders formed the Fraternity of Abraham-named after the Old Testament prophet revered by all three religions...
When Indonesia's Communists attempted a coup in September of 1965, General Omar Dani was commander of his country's MIG-equipped air force. As a Communist sympathizer, he allowed Halim Airbase near Djakarta to be used as headquarters and staging area for the plot; in turn, he was promised that he would eventually become chief of state. But the plot was smashed by the Indonesian army, and Dani, along with Foreign Minister Subandrio and other top government officials, was put in jail on charges of treason. Subandrio was tried by a military court and sentenced to death...
...Subandrio trial, much of the evidence against Dani suggested that President Sukarno himself had known about, condoned, and even taken part in the attempted coup. Dani's trial, like Subandrio's, brought renewed demands from Indonesia's anti-Communist professional and student associations that Sukarno himself be removed from his position as President and brought to court. The father of his country, however, seemed unfazed...
...rightist General Suharto, the tough, Dutch-trained boss of Djakarta's strategic reserve who commanded the anti-coup forces for Nasution. Suharto's elevation promised more trouble for the Reds. One current story has it that Suharto last week approached pro-Communist Air Force Boss Omar Dani in Sukarno's presence at the Merdeka Palace and questioned him closely about the air force role in the coup. When Dani pleaded ignorance, Suharto reportedly slapped his face and ripped off Dani's epaulets. Dani has not been heard from since...
...from the fact that Sukarno did not even appear at the funeral of the slain officers. Next day, as Sukarno called his Cabinet into emergency session at his summer palace in Bogor, Nasution did not show up-but two Communist ministers did, along with Air Force Chief General Omar Dani, a Communist sympathizer...