Tuesday, December 10, 2002

Indonesian Muslim leader warns against working with Kopassus
"One of Indonesia's most influential moderate Muslim leaders has criticised the Australian Government's flirtation with the idea of working with the Indonesian special forces unit, Kopassus, to combat terrorism.

"Many Kopassus soldiers have been involved with violence and torturing of pro-democracy activists," he said."

Given that state terrorism as practiced by the likes of Kopassus is one of the fundamental causes of discontent feeding into terrorism in the muslim world, such a move is counterproductive to say the least.

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