Word: hendropriyono
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...head of Indonesia's state intelligence called the operation to hunt down Top "brilliant" but warned that the country must still be vigilant. "We still have to be alert because the brain behind all this is al-Qaeda and the hand moves when the brain tells it to," A.M. Hendropriyono told a reporter on Jakarta's MetroTV. "The brain is outside the country but the tentacles are here and they could regenerate." Still, he said the killing of Top was a victory in that Top's charisma and ability to recruit was as much a threat as his technical ability...
...Jakarta has apparently decided it has had enough of the ICG's warts-and-all reports. Last week, the government refused to renew work permits for Jones and an expatriate staff member. Indonesia's powerful intelligence czar, A.M. Hendropriyono, told the press that Jones' reports had tarnished the image of the country and that "many were untrue." Jones, who has written for TIME, says she's not sure what has upset Hendropriyono's intelligence agency, known by its Indonesian acronym BIN. "The accusations against us keep changing," she says. "First it was our reports on Aceh and Papua. The latest...
...Hendropriyono told reporters last Thursday that up to 20 other nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are being closely monitored by security authorities. "Should we find that these people are continuing to sell out their country, we may return to the old measures," he said, referring to the days of strongman Suharto, during which NGOs were tightly controlled and their workers routinely jailed. As for Jones, whose visa expires on June 10, she continues to press for a renewal but isn't hopeful. Still, she says, even if she's obliged to move to another country in the region, "That's certainly...
...location and staffing of the camp: Arabic was the working language; new arrivals were issued pistols and Kalashnikov automatic rifles and then asked to show their commitment to jihad by joining in the island's bloody Muslim-Christian clashes. Indonesia's most senior civilian intelligence officer, former army general Hendropriyono, at first acknowledged, then denied the existence of the so-called Camp Mujahidin...
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