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| Southeast Asia |
| Indonesia bans militants from going to Mideast |
| 2006-08-08 |
| Indonesian police said on Monday that the government had banned Islamic militants from travelling to the Middle East or elsewhere to fight Israel. The comments by a police spokesman came after the self-styled head of the Jakarta-based ASEAN Muslim Youth Movement said more than 200 militants had been sent on missions to attack Israel's interests and countries that support the Jewish state. Suaib Didu told Reuters last week fighters had been trained to carry out suicide bombings to revenge Israel's military strikes on the Palestinian territories and Lebanon. "We will prevent them from leaving. The government bans such travel," national police spokesman Anton Bachrul Alam said, adding there was no evidence anyone had left the country for the purpose. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Jackal: How would you like to live in a country that views Lebanon as having its streets paved with gold? They're in good company. Burma, Vietnam, China, Philippines, Cambodia and Laos are some of the other East Asian countries where much of the population would love to make Lebanese salaries. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2006-08-08 11:29 |
| #4 gold rubble |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-08-08 10:32 |
| #3 That's saying something. How would you like to live in a country that views Lebanon as having its streets paved with gold? |
| Posted by: Jackal 2006-08-08 00:35 |
| #2 These guys are just illegal immigrants looking for a back door. Lebanon's nominal per capita GDP is four times Indonesia's. Many of these guys will want to do as little fighting as possible, especially shoulder to shoulder with Shiite heretics, and then stick around after the hostilities are over. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2006-08-08 00:28 |
| #1 If they really wanted to be helpful, they'd let them go, then give the routing to Israel. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2006-08-08 00:19 |