Indonesia's president claimed victory Thursday against terrorists in the world's most populous Muslim country, which has not suffered any attack in nearly two years following a crackdown on Islamic militants, but said more must be done to tackle terrorism's root causes. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said in his state of the union address that "the acts of terrorism that have caused unrest in our society in the past years have been handled." "We have succeeded in preventing and tackling the acts of terrorism in the country," he said. But he said the country needs to solve its root causes, such as "poverty, injustice, extremism and a culture of violence."
"We have to be serious about preventing and fighting terrorism, because we want to save our people and our nation," he said. "This is our responsibility, also, to the global community."