Word: indonesians
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When Jimmy Siahae hit the ground, that was the end. The Muslim mob never let him up again. Their weapons were dull--bamboo staves, kitchen knives, metal spikes--but their hatred was sharp. Siahae was 45, a Christian from the eastern Indonesian island of Ambon, suspected of attacking their mosque. As the terrible retribution began, Siahae didn't have a prayer...
...rebellion persuaded the Indonesian military to drop Suharto and replace him with President B. J. Habibie. Student protesters pushing for accelerated political reform may find their actions have the opposite effect. Says Dowell: "A new uprising could actually frighten the military into thinking the situation is so unstable that they should be tightening their control rather than opening up to new reforms." And in Indonesia, the military's opinion tends to prevail...
...that in an interview with CNN in May 1996 he had the "audacity to challenge conventional wisdom [by stating] that within two to three years Suharto will be gone," he attributed the ex-president's recent fall on rampant corruption, crony capitalism and on the flawed policies of the Indonesian government...
Recalling a comment by a State Department spokesperson that "Suharto is our kind of guy" he compared the ex-Indonesian president to other U.S.-supported dictators including the late president Mobutu Seseko of Zaire and the late Shah of Iran...
Rejecting [Indonesian President] B. J.Habibie's recent offer of autonomy for East Timorin exchange for United Nations' recognition ofIndonesian sovereignty over the territory,Ramos-Horta ruled out attaching any conditions toEast Timor's autonomy...