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| CIA Trapped in Its Own Game in Indonesia? |
| 2002-10-16 |
| The streets in Indonesia are bursting with comments that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has failed to drag Indonesia into the war against terror, while Solehman Buyung, an analyst working for an online magazine in Jakarta said the CIA âhas been trapped in its own game in Indonesia.â Oh, pray do tell... While the western media is scrambling to blame Al-Qaeda for the blast, the media in Indonesia and South East Asia in general is pointing fingers at the CIA. "Nope. Nope. Couldn't have been al-Qaeda. Hadda be them Merkins..." The Berita Harian newspaper in Malaysia gave the first page headline to the news from Taiwan that officials on the Island off China had a hint that the blast would occur but was told by the U.S. not to divulge the information. According to the Taipei Times, the opposition in Taiwan pressed the government of Prime Minister Yu Shui-kun to reveal the information, criticizing it for not giving importance to the lives of Taiwanese citizens who were in Bali at the moment of the blast. Yeah. Bush knew, too. I'm not sure how, but ask McKinney. I'm sure sure does. In Indonesia the Republika revealed the bomb used in Bali is a C4 and that plastic elements were found in the discotheque that went flames. It said the CIA uses this type of material as well as commandos from the U.S. and some international terrorist groups. F'rinstance, al-Qaeda?... No, not them... The C4 is ten times more powerful than TNT explosives and is very expensive, making it accessible only to rich countries, not countries like Indonesia and groups like those in Indonesia, the Republika said. "Not poor Third World groups run by simple holy men, who spend their time in contemplation and doing good works..." The Indonesian military (TNI) has also rejected claims that it might have links to the Bali blast with reports saying that a former military aviation officer allegedly prepared the bomb for the blast. The former officer, whose name is withheld, is being interrogated by police the report said. "Goddammit! I thought you told me the witnesses were dead?" The TNI said it did not possess such plastic bombs, quoting the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency, which said that the C4 was made only in the United States and was used by the U.S. army, or countries that were allied to the U.S. I can't breathe! This statement has taken my breath away! Gaaaaaaaa! With these developments, analysts in Jakarta say there were grounds for the Indonesian government not to be fouled by the leads given to it by the CIA or the U.S. According to Antara news agency in Jakarta, a group of Muslim lawyers has criticized Indonesian Minister of Defense Matori Abdul Djalil for his allegation that Al-Qaeda and local terrorists were responsible for the Saturday night bombings in Bali. They urged the minister to correct his statement and to prove to them who the local terrorists were. "We don't need an investigation. Just tell us who they are..." Abdul Djalil said on Monday that the method of the Bali bombings showed the involvement of Al-Qaeda, in cooperation with local terrorists who supplied the necessary logistics. His assertion is supported by news agencies which said Wednesday that traces of plastic in the burnt down discotheque in Bali showed the involvement of the Al-Qaeda in the blast, omitting to say that the C4 originates mainly from the U.S. itself, a political observer working in a University in Kuala Lumpur told IslamOnline. Just as IslamOnline omits to say that it's a favorite tool of crazed killers worldwide... Buyung said that the CIA was missing the point in Indonesia, adding that the U.S. secret service was to be blamed for the Bali blast. âIn the 1960s the CIA was a terrific organization and the public was in the dark over the unexplained, such as the death of U.S. president John F. Kennedy. The know who done that one in Indonesia, don't they? âHowever now we are living in the age of the Internet, news travels fast and the CIA has proven that it is outdated. It could not predict the attacks on the U.S. on September 11 last year, but it could predict there were international terrorists in Indonesia,â he said. Actually, your run-of-the-mill blind man — though not a blind cleric — could predict that. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 I didn't know de Nile ran through Indonesia. |
| Posted by: Tresho 2002-10-16 17:09:38 |
| #2 OTOH, it might not matter if they get on hands and knees and convince the aussies to come back. Many companies have already retricted travel to Indonesia. Prolly will be pretty hard to have a modern economy if foreign investors pull out at the same time your tourist industry hits the tank. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2002-10-16 16:44:35 |
| #1 I don't think they quite get it yet. They can whine and complain and point at the US, and yah know what, it won't matter. Its the Aussies they have to convince and I really don't think they will believe it was the US unless they have strong evidence (i.e. a witness in Aussie custody that spills the beans). Anyhoo, until they face up to the real terrorist threat (that's right, those nutball islamic terrorists) the Aussies won't be spending any green at the bali resort. As the captain said, the balinese(sp?) have received the royal shaft. I hope they know how to thank Jakarta properly. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2002-10-16 16:40:56 |