February 1, 2003
Collection of Articles (1): On the Kidnapping and Assassination of Dortheys Hiyo Eluay
Indonesia Withdraws Troops From Papua Province JAKARTA, Feb. 27 (AP)–Indonesia’s army said Thursday it was withdrawing its special-forces troops from the secessionist-minded Papua province. Members of the disgraced unit have been accused of killing U.S. teachers there and an independenc
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December 12, 2002
The bombings in Bali are a setback for the independence movement in Indonesian-occupied West Papua
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Pacific Magazine (Islands Business)
December 2002
Editorial: We Say
The bombings in Bali are a setback for the independence movement in Indonesian-occupied West Papua. In its October edition, Islands Business in appeasing Indonesia by using their membership of the Pacific Islands Forum to block the Forum from embracing the self-government cause in West Papua. Since the Bali atrocity Australia, judging from how its political leaders and the Australian media have reacted, is frantic to forge the closest possible chummy links with the Indonesian regime. More on The bombings in Bali are a setback for the independence movement in Indonesian-occupied West Papua
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November 4, 2002
Region: Laskar Jihad on rampage in Papua
Laksamana.net
November 4, 2002 12:33 AM,
Laksamana.Net -The South China Morning Post reports church sources in Maluku as saying that the feared Indonesian Islamic militant group Laskar Jihad has relocated from Maluku to Papua, where it is attacking churches and mosques, thus making a mockery of the group’s claims that it had disbanded straight after the October 12 Bali bombings. More on Region: Laskar Jihad on rampage in Papua
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November 2, 2002
Army extortion linked to mine killings
The Age (Melbourne) November 2 2002, By Hamish McDonald, Jakarta United States intelligence agencies have intercepted messages between Indonesian army commanders indicating they were involved in staging an ambush at the remote Papua mine in which three schoolteachers, two of them Americans, were
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November 1, 2002
US links aid for Jakarta to investigation into ambush
Financial Times
By Shawn Donnan in Jakarta
Published: November 1 2002 4:00
A key member of the US Congress yesterday tied resuming military aid to Jakarta to solving the killing in September of two Americans - for which members of the Indonesian military are now prime suspects.
Police in the remote province of Papua said this week that members of the military (or TNI) were the main suspects in the ambush that left the two teachers and an Indonesian colleague dead, and a dozen others injured. More on US links aid for Jakarta to investigation into ambush
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October 16, 2002
Articles in October 2002: Terrorism in Indonesia
The Jakarta Post, October 16, 2002 Fifteen provinces prone to conflict Moch. H. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia has 15 provinces that are the most vulnerable to religious and ethnic conflicts, the Ministry of Defense revealed on Tuesday. “Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, Maluku, Cent
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