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Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri and her husband, Taufik Kiemas, rang in 2003 in style. They celebrated New Year's Eve at the presidential palace in Bali, where Megawati crooned Indonesian classics from the 1970s. Earlier that same day, they had celebrated Taufik's birthday and launched his book Without the People Leadership Means Nothing at the five-star Grand Bali Beach Hotel...
...lesson of Bali is now clear. Countries that tolerate terrorists or are reluctant to act against terrorists will suffer. Though JI cells were detected and neutralized in Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines, Indonesia's President Megawati Sukarnoputri placed her political career before national and regional security. Even after Bali, Jakarta is only going after JI members directly connected to the Kuta bomb blast, not JI as an organization and not its political wing?the Mujahidin Council led by Abubakar Ba'asyir?or its militia?Laskar Jundullah led by Agus Dwikarna. As a result, JI will be able to strike again...
...directly accuse Jemaah Islamiah of being behind the blast: Abubakar himself has not been charged with any crime related to the attack in Bali, although he is being questioned about a string of bombings during Christmas 2000 that left 18 dead, an alleged plot to assassinate President Megawati Sukarnoputri, and immigration violations. The police do acknowledge that the attack in the town of Kuta in Bali was organized and executed on a regional scale. According to Aritonang, funding for the car bomb is believed to have originated from Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia in cash and electronic transfers. (Amrozi bought...
After the horrific bombings in Bali, Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri seemed finally to grasp the seriousness of the national crisis. She rushed to the scene of the tragedy, pushed through a tough anti-terror presidential decree and permitted the arrest of Abubakar Ba'asyir, the Muslim cleric suspected of being the spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiah, which the U.S. has dubbed a terrorist organization. Indonesia was the slowest country in Southeast Asia to respond to terrorism post-Sept. 11?Xand Bali showed graphically the need to intensify its vigilance. It seemed at last that Megawati was waking up. After...
...controversial plan for a national ID card that will help keep tabs on bad guys. Her government also announced the deployment of 500 "secret marshals," plainclothes cops who will scour the nation looking for hoodlums. Arroyo's crackdown contrasted nicely with the foot-dragging of Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, and could win her a private meeting with George W. Bush at APEC and, with luck, more financial and intelligence assistance from the U.S. But the war on terror requires more than fierce talk, and the rest of Arroyo's campaign has been flagging lately...