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2003-02-05 Southeast Asia

Indon general to be replaced amid allegations of murder...

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-02-05 03:03 pm|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Papua-New Guinea has an army big enough to require 27 generals? Having that big an army seems imprudent. I suppose they figure they need protection against Indonesia, but the main targets for armies in places like that are civilian governments.

Posted by Michael Lonie 2003-02-05 21:10:41|| 2003-02-05 21:10:41|| Front Page Top

#2 That's the Indonesian army, rotating the 27 generals. I think Australia's the guarantor of Papua-New Guinea. Indonesia's Papua province wants to join them, except for the few thousand ethnic Indonesians who're the ones who were allowed to vote in the "plebiscite."

Posted by Fred 2003-02-05 21:40:08|| 2003-02-05 21:40:08|| Front Page Top

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