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Indonesia wants US to stay away from Asia's anti-terror fight
JAKARTA: Indonesia will tell the United States not to meddle in regional anti-terrorism efforts when US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld visits next week, Defence Minister Juwono Sudarsono said on Thursday. Rumsfeld is due in Indonesia from June 6-8 and was to discuss security in the piracy-prone Malacca Straits, military cooperation and anti-terrorism efforts with senior Indonesian officials, Sudarsono said."We will impress on the United States that the fight against terrorism in Indonesia and other ASEAN countries should be handled by respective countries and not based on the desire of the United States," he said. "We will tell the United States that fighting terrorism using their ways will only be detrimental to the United States because it will only create more anger and antipathy against America." Posted by: Fred 2006-06-02 |
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