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2005-09-10 Southeast Asia

Indonesia deports Sri Lankan terrorism expert over visa misuse

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Posted by DanNY 2005-09-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 He's back in Singapore as of today ... and none too pleased about this, incidentally. Seems he ruffled one too many feathers looking into reports about ties between the Indonesian military and the Islamist groups active in the Moluccas.

Posted by Dan Darling">Dan Darling 2005-09-10 00:32|| http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com]">[http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com] 2005-09-10 00:32|| Front Page Top

#2 I see that posting from the Jakarta Post is fraught with uncertainty. The original link is no longer valid, and I can't find the original story on their listing for yesterday. However, here is their link for a related story...

Sri Lankan terror expert arrested in Maluku

Posted by DanNY 2005-09-10 07:43|| 2005-09-10 07:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Shoulda got himself a genuine fake Pakistani visa. Accepted at fine umma checkpoints everywhere.

Posted by ed 2005-09-10 12:27|| 2005-09-10 12:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Security Guard: Comming in for Business or Pleasure folks?Gunaratna: Both actually, gonna do alittle snorkling and finnish my book...I'm a writer.
Security Guard: Hey...arnt you some kinda terrorism expert or something?
Gunaratna: Um..well... actually I'm writing a book about orangutans.
Security Guard: Allrighty then..have a good trip.

Posted by DepotGuy 2005-09-10 14:17|| 2005-09-10 14:17|| Front Page Top

#5 DD: Seems he ruffled one too many feathers looking into reports about ties between the Indonesian military and the Islamist groups active in the Moluccas.

Wouldn't surprise me. Suharto is said to have arranged the anti-Chinese pogroms in the late 90's to show the country it still needed him around to maintain order. The Indonesian government may be using the Islamist groups to ensure that the Moluccas do not split off like East Timor.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-09-10 18:48|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-09-10 18:48|| Front Page Top

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