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"Possible Military Connection to New Indonesia Arrest"
By Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "My colleague Nick Grace, of Global Crisis Watch, provides further details from the Indonesian-language press. He notes that later press accounts state that Kangiyani's age is forty rather than fifty-five, and that she was carrying 9 kg of explosives rather than 2 kg. But the most interesting aspect of the developing story is the possible link between the explosives and Indonesia's military. Nick writes:
The 40 year old woman was in the process of completing a sale of the materials to an Indonesian named Mahmud, who paid 3 million rupiah (equivalent of US$250 and approximately 3 months salary for the average Indonesian). Both were detained by [elite Indonesian anti-terror unit] Detachment 88. According to DetikNews and Jawa Pos, Kangiyani was selling the TNT on behalf of her husband, "AH," who is a sergeant in the Indonesian Navy. There are conflicting reports over whether "AH" has been captured and is under interrogation. . . . Mahmud claims that he bought the TNT for "fish bombs" so that he could more easily fish. Meanwhile, fear is building in Jakarta over suicide attacks and President Bush's planned 6 hour layover and visit with [Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono] on or around Nov 20.
One obvious aspect to this is the possible terrorism connection -- particularly if Kangiyani had 9 kg of TNT. Each of the three suicide bombers in the October 2005 Bali bombings carried around 10 kg of TNT in their backpacks. Nick Grace notes that Detachment 88 raided a house in central Java in May that netted a cache of TNT, and it's believed that rising jihadist star Noordin Top's branch of Jemaah Islamiyah, Tandzim Qaedatul Jihad, "is desperate to replenish its stockpile.""
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Bush may visit Indonesia in November, officials say
The Jakarta Post ^ | 10/3/06
Posted on 10/03/2006 4:54:50 AM PDT by Valin
JAKARTA (AP): U.S. President George W. Bush may visit Indonesia next month to meet the leader of the world's most populous Muslim nation, seen as a close ally in Washington's global fight against terrorism, officials said Tuesday. If the talks are held, they would be the first on Indonesian soil between Bush and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
The White House would not confirm the meeting, but Indonesia's Foreign Ministry spokesman Desra Percaya said Bush hoped to make the visit after attending the Nov. 18-19 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam. "But the actual date and confirmation are still being discussed," Percaya said. Washington is keen to engage Indonesia because the secular nation has more Muslims than any other country - about 190 million - and is seen as a voice of moderation in the Islamic world. A series of deadly attacks by Islamic militants since 2000, followed by hundreds of arrests, also makes it a major battleground in the Bush-proclaimed war on terror.
Bush last visited Indonesia in 2003, meeting with then-President Megawati Soekarnoputri on the resort island of Bali a year after it was targeted by al-Qaida-linked militants. The Oct. 12, 2002 suicide bombings at two crowded nightclubs killed 202people, most of them foreign tourists. Indonesia's government desperately needs foreign investment, but being seen as too close to Washington carries the risk of a backlash by conservative Muslims and clerics, who like many Indonesians are upset over the war in Iraq and U.S. policy in theMiddle East