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Kopassus: Inside Indonesia's Special Forces Ken Conboy
Publisher: Equinox Publishing

Oct 29, 2010 - Despite evidence of human rights abuses, US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced last July that ties between the US and Indonesian Special Forces (KOPASSUS) would be gradually renewed. He built up its elite special forces, Kopassus, to combat insurgency and internal terrorism. Just like politicians in the United States who Its elite counterterrorism unit—Densus 88—has been implicated in killings of suspected terrorists and last March, members of Kopassus—the Indonesian Special Forces—stormed Cebongan prison and executed four detainees suspected of murdering a Kopassus sergeant. It will lead to more people (suffering) abuses. Image from: kebangkitan-kita.blogspot.com/ In the year 2000, there was trouble in part of Indonesia called Maluku. Aug 21, 2011 - A leaked report from the notorious Indonesian special forces unit Kopassus detailing information about the West Papuan independence movement has drawn attention to Indonesia's brutal occupation of the region. Nov 16, 2010 - In July, it was restored, a July 22 East Timor Action Network (ETAN) press release "condemn(ing) the Obama administration's decision to resume engagement with Indonesia's notorious Kopassus special forces," ETAN's National Coordinator, John Miller, saying: "Slipping back into bed with Kopassas is a betrayal of the brutal unit's many victims in Timor-Leste (East Timor), West Papua and throughout Indonesia. Dec 31, 2009 - Koppasus special forces. The report is titled “Anatomy of Papuan Separatists” and is The Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE) was due to transform up to 1.6 million hectares of forest into corporate-run farmland. 3 hours ago - For 24 years, he belonged to the Indonesian military, which loyally followed the president's orders. Dec 12, 2007 - This source also says that US intelligence is providing covert intelligence aid to Kopassus, the Indonesian army's red beret special forces famed for abduction, torture, and assassination. Classified The American presence inside Detachment 88 was confirmed by an Indonesian Detachment 88 official who said that a team of Americans did telecommunications work in the "Intel Section," along with an individual whom they believed to be a British national. Feb 14, 2014 - To understand Indonesia's current foreign policy behavior, one must delve into its recent history.