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Other countries have secured temporary help because of U.S. diplomatic needs. President Megawati Sukarnoputri of Indonesia--a country plagued by violent anti-U.S. rioting since early October--stopped by the White House Sept. 22, when President Bush agreed for one year to lift 5% to 10% tariffs on 11 Indonesian goods, including copper, plywood sheeting, rattan, sorbitol sweetener and tuna. This deal was designed to deliver some help to Indonesia, with minimal impact on U.S.-based industries...
...because of Jakarta's notoriously volatile domestic politics. Four years of economic meltdown and political flux has left the question of power in Indonesia - even of the archipelago's future integrity as a single nation state - dangerously unresolved. If the Islamic parties that previously conspired to keep President Megawati Sukarnoputri out of power use the unrest sparked by the Afghanistan raids to move against her once again, Jakarta could be in for another year of living dangerously...
...communal violence. That has created an atmosphere fertile for the Islamists to exploit skepticism over U.S. intentions in the war on terrorism. Although they represent no more than 12 percent of the Muslim population, Indonesia's radical Islamists are actively recruiting young men for training for jihad. President Megawati Sukarnoputri has plenty of political enemies among the mainstream Muslim parties that tried to keep her out of power, which leaves her having to tread warily while the campaign in Afghanistan continues...
...Visiting Washington last week, Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri gave the Bush Administration the endorsement of the world's most populous Muslim nation. In return, she brought home an aid package worth almost $600 million. "Megawati is in the same position as Bush in that this issue could make or break her presidency," says Eros Djarot, her former adviser. The immediate consequences: international praise and strident gatherings outside the U.S. embassy in Jakarta. A leading Islamic council promised jihad?though not necessarily violence?if the U.S. invades Afghanistan. And extremist groups, a tiny but vocal fraction of Indonesia's Muslims, conducted...
...very good value. But, more importantly, islanders swear they have learned their lesson. The Muslim militias blamed for much of last year's troubles also suffered in the downturn. They profess a new determination to see that everyone gets along fine. And with a new national President in Megawati Sukarnoputri, hopes of Lombok's resurgence are high. "With Mega, tourists will come," says Roy. While he is sorry for the refugees, their cooking fires ruin his rooms, he says. "Mega cries for her people. Lombok will get better...