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...what does Bush do now about Pakistan, our ally in the war on terrorism, if it was the source of North Korea's nuclear equipment? And why go looking for trouble when it seems so determined to come and find us? Al-Qaeda suddenly seemed to be everywhere: Indonesia, Kuwait, perhaps the Philippines, even--if CIA chief George Tenet is right--on our doorstep...
...from naming a suspect, establishing a motive or connecting the deadly strike to jihadis. "Our net is still cast very wide," says Major General I. Made Mangku Pastika, the Balinese-born police chief appointed by Jakarta to head the investigation. General Pastika occupies one of the hottest seats in Indonesia. Getting some solid arrests?none have been made so far?will reassure the international community that President Megawati Sukarnoputri is serious about the need to reverse her country's image as a haven for terrorist groups. "My credibility, the credibility of the Indonesian police, and the credibility of Indonesia...
...positive sign is that the man hailed by Australian police as the best cop in Indonesia has shown no sign of succumbing to outside pressure. Last week there were fears that hasty arrests would be made to appease Jakarta and an outraged public in Australia, which suffered an estimated 96 casualties. Instead, the investigation has been characterized by patience and precision. With the support of the Australian Federal Police and counterterrorism and forensics experts from Scotland Yard and the FBI, Pastika has methodically assembled evidence from the crime scene. The picture he has painted so far is chilling...
...Unfortunately, Megawati, Indonesia's third president since 1999, hasn't been up to the task. Even her supporters label her slow-moving and indecisive. Megawati was sworn in last year after a crisis during which her beleaguered predecessor, Abdurrahman Wahid, tried to call emergency rule to save himself from impeachment. Since then, she's been paralyzed by countervailing political forces. After years of repression, social groups of all types, from religious organizations to labor, are asserting themselves in Indonesia's new democracy, looking to right old wrongs and creating a cacophony of competing interests...
...Within hours of the Bali attacks, TIME had mobilized a team of six journalists and photographers who flew to Indonesia to join our two correspondents based there. Southeast Asian correspondent Simon Elegant, business correspondent Michael Schuman, contributing writer Andrew Marshall and contributing photo-grapher John Stanmeyer headed to Jakarta. Elegant, along with reporters Jason Tedjasukmana and Zamira Loebis, uncovered the real story of what the Indonesian government knew before the blasts and its belated responses to the terror. Schuman set out from Jakarta to piece together how these attacks will economically cripple Indonesia. Marshall and Stanmeyer headed for eastern Java...