Posted on 11/10/2010 5:57:28 AM PST by greatplains
US President Barack Obama has held up Indonesia as an example of how a developing nation can embrace democracy and diversity. (snip)
Mr Obama said innocent people across the world were still targeted by militants but emphasised that the US was not at war with Islam.(snip)
In his address, he touched on the four years he spent in the country as a child and emphasised the importance of Indonesia's example as a growing economy and a majority-Muslim nation that is largely tolerant of other religions.
"Today, I return to Indonesia as a friend, but also as a president who seeks a deep and enduring partnership between our two countries," he said. (snip)
He also highlighted the role religion had played in Indonesia's development, praising the country's spirituality and "rich diversity".
"Just as individuals are not defined solely by their faith, Indonesia is defined by more than its Muslim population," he said.
"But we also know that relations between the United States and Muslim communities have frayed over many years. As president, I have made it a priority to begin to repair these relations."
He said more work needed to be done to address "the issues that have caused tensions for many years" but appealed for unity to defeat "violent extremists".
"I have made it clear that America is not, and never will be, at war with Islam," he said.
"Instead, all of us must work together to defeat al-Qaeda and its affiliates, who have no claim to be leaders of any religion - certainly not a great, world religion like Islam. But those who want to build must not cede ground to terrorists who seek to destroy. This is not a task for America alone."(snip)
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Well you dumb Shiite zero, islam IS at war with all other cultures.
This idiot is going to get us all killed.
Then STAY there, NObama. We won’t miss you in the least.
Nor Sasquatch.
“America is not, and never will be, at war with Islam”.
How can ANY person say this?
With the expotential growth of the radicals who wish to destroy anything NOT Muslim, that is an insane comment—no matter who makes it.
Ugh. Surabaya was the one place on the patrol where we weren’t allowed to walk around openly.
Also the only place with a beauty show..very interesting. Gigantic eastern wedding dresses. I saw Robin Hood, too. I think.
The mall with the wedding dress show, right? And wasn’t that where you all got food poisoning from the street-vendor curry?
No. That was beer on the pier in Thailand. Best Thai food I’ve had. Felt nasty all that week.
Sometimes you just have to pay the piper. It reminds me of P.J. O’Rourke’s trip to Vietnam ... incredibly delicious food and ghastly diarrhea.
Was Indonesia the place with a fried egg on every dish?
That was everywhere. I get eggs with every meal, now. Extra proteins.
Real eggs, or egg-based-substance in a carton? I suppose we should be feeding Pat eggs at every meal.
No, real eggs. I haven’t eaten powdered eggs since basic. Gross.
Well, good. If the economy turns down enough, we’ll get some chickens and tell the HOA to pound sand.
http://wpik.org/Src/invasion.html
Indonesian murder and slaughter of West Papuan citizens 1963 - 2008
These incidents and others like them are the reason West Papua is the scene of an on-going genocide as explained in studies such as “Indonesian Human Rights Abuses in West Papua: Application of Law of Genocide to the History of Indonesian Control”, a paper prepared for the Indonesian Human Rights Network by the Allard K Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic, Yale Law School.
1966: Rev. Koibut stripped naked and forced to simulate masturbation in front of his family
1966-67: Aerial bombing of Arfak Mountain homelands
Jan-Mar 1967: Aerial bombing of Ayamaru and Teminabuan homelands
1967: Mr Permenas Frits Awom, laid down his arms during amnesty, put on boat for 6hr trip from Manokwari to Biak, boat returned 2 hours later without Permenas.
1967: Operasi Tumpas (operation obliteration). 1,500 killed in Ayamaru, Teminabuan and Inanuatan villages.
1967-1968: Mr Godfried Mirino, member of New Guinea Council taken from his home by unknown persons, never seen since
Apr 1969: Aerial bombing of Wissel Lake District (Paniai and Enarotali area); 14,000 survivors escape into the jungle.
May 1969: Mr Penehas Torey, member of New Guinea Council taken by military from his home in Jayapura was never seen again. Moses Werror (now in exile) was last person to have seen him.
Secret War ‘SLAUGHTER’ in W. Irian 1969 June 2 - New Zealand newspaper - Reuter
The Indonesian Army has slaughtered thousands of primitive tribesmen in an unreported war in West Irian, according to the British Sunday newspaper the Observer. . . .
May 1970: Massacre of many women and children by Indonesian troops. Eighty witnesses reported seeing one woman gutted, her unborn baby removed & dissected on ground, the baby’s aunt was then pack-raped.
Jun 1971: Mr Henk de Mari reported that 55 men from two villages in North Biak were forced to dig their own graves before being shot. Published in Dutch daily De Telegraaf Oct 1974.
Unknown: 500 Papuan corpses found in jungle Lereh District, south west of Sentani Airport, Jayapura region.
1974: In North Biak, 45 Papuans killed, names and ages known.
1975: In Biak, at least 41 people from Arwam and Rumbin villages were killed.
1977: Aerial bombing of Akimuga (Freeport McMoRan Inc. mine area).
1977-78: Rev. Father Tettoroo (Dutch catholic) forced by ABRI to eat human penis and cut off an OPM fighter shot dead in Paniai Wissel Lake District
1977-78: Aerial bombing of Baliem Valley.
Mar 1978: Four women from Piramid village as sex slaves for one month before dry battery acid stuffed into vaginas and returned to village. Performed by ABRI Unit 752, 753 and Police under command of Colonel Albert Dieng.
Apr 1978: Six unidentifiable bodies were discovered in the Dosai district of Jayapura.
May 1978: Five OPM (Organisasi Papua Merdeka) leaders surrender to save the village they were caught in. They are beaten to death with red hot iron bars and their bodies thrown into a pit latrine. The 125 villagers were then machine gunned as suspected OPM sympathizers.
Jun 1978: 14 corpses found shot, West of Sentani Airport, Jayapura region.
Jun 1978: 6 women pack-raped, shot, and then had their vaginas stuffed with sweet potato leaves and red berries after death following suspicion of collaboration with OPM. Babuma Village, Kelila District, Jayawijaya.
Jul 1978: 122 people (116 mean, six women) fled into jungle with ABRI (Indonesian “red beret” military) in pursuit. The villagers were captured, had their hands and feet bound, were weighted and bagged, then dumped at sea. Merauke area.
Sep 1979: Mr Izack Samuel Fatahan, Musician and businessman who had attempted asylum in PNG to join his family, went hunting with a Captain Coreles, Mr Fatahan never returned.
Unknown: North Biak, 12 people shot after receiving permission to leave camp to collect sago for a village feast.
1981: 10 killed, 58 disappear without trace. Paniai Region.
Jun-Aug 1981: Operasi Sapuh bersih (Operation Clean Sweep), populations of Ampas-Waris and Batte-Arso villages bayoneted and left.
Sep-Dec 1981: estimated 13,000 killed in the central highlands.
Jul 1984: Naval, air, and ground troop assult of Nagasawa/Ormo Kecil village, 200 dead.
Unknown: Naval shelling of Taronta, Takar, and Masi-Masi coastal villages; suvivors fled towards Jayapura; under Dutch in 1950 each village had 1500 to 2000 population.
mid 1985: 2,500 killed in Paniai area of Wissel Lake district, including 115 from Iwandoga and Kugapa villages massacred by troops 24/6/1985; 10 people, the village, food gardens, and livestock of Epomani village, Obano Sub-district; 15 people, village, and livestock of Ikopo village Monemane district; and 517 people, 12 villages, food gardens, and live-stock of Monemane.
1986-87: 34 known persons shot, Paniai/Wissel Lake District.
Dec 1994: Christmas day, civilian Mr Nogogamakme Mem (31) shot in the back while hiding near church, he feared the soldiers guarding the entrance
Dec 1994: civilian Mr Wendi Tabuni (23) stabbed in abdomen and shot in head; body dumped in river gorge on the Tembagapura.
Jul 1998: Troops shoot 150 sleeping under West Papuan flag for four hours before hauling other residents from homes for torture and rape before dumping bodies at sea by naval gunships. Initial reports,Later details
2000 Prison, Torture and Murder in Jayapura for illegal journalism
Nov 2001: Papua Praesidium Council Chairman, Chief Theys Eluay is kidnapped and murdered. New reports
Oct 2002: tour guide abducted by Kopassus (Indonesian Special Forces) at Sentani (Jayapura’s airport), kept in small room at Kopassus HQ and fed only salt water for 14 days while tortured. With deep, barely healed bayonet scars cross his back where he was sliced, he says his interrogators accused him of having links with the Free Papua Movement, OPM. That as they were doing this, they said, “You cannot get independence. During 2003, 2004 we will kill all Papuan leaders for independence.” From Sydney Newspaper Mar 2003
Mar 2003: Thom Beanal successor to Theys Eluay, says, “We are getting used to the intimidation now. We get SMS (phone messages) all the time saying that we will be killed.”Newspaper
May 2003: up to 10 highland villages were burned and at least 20 people were killed by Jemaah Islamiah or Laskar Jihad groups. News, talk.
Our Website is temporairily offline due to a DDoS cyber attack by those that want to hide the truth about Village Burnings and Torture in West Papua.
Wel suspect that the DDos cyber attack has been launched by the Indonesian Government and/or its allies.
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