
Indonesia’s Arms Appetite
Jakarta wants weapons. Lots of them. And the United States is happy to oblige.
Jakarta wants weapons. Lots of them. And the United States is happy to oblige.
The United States has a long history of complicity in Indonesia’s human rights abuses. As columnist Conn Hallinan explains, the Bush administration is unfortunately upholding that tradition.
Aceh, so long isolated from international view by the Indonesian government and military, is now??tragically??at the center of world attention.
The principles that emerge will guide our work in Iraq and be the gauntlet we will throw down in front of this administration.