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2008-09-15 Southeast Asia

Bomb hits near Indonesia airport built by US firm

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Posted by Fred 2008-09-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Indonesia "annexed" the former Netherlands colony of Netherlands New Guinea by force in 1960. None of the local tribes wanted Indonesian masters, and have been rebelling ever since. Indonesia has flooded the area with muslim settlers, occasionally at gunpoint, to push out the natives. It wouldn't trouble me one bit if the locals were able to force Indonesia to withdraw and allow the area to unite with Papua New Guinea, as most of the indigenous population wishes.

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