Counterterrorism" has become Indonesia's latest slogan for avoiding military reform while simultaneously strengthening its apparatus of repression. In return for its loyalty in the war on terror, the Bush administration has side-stepped congressional concerns of military abuses in Indonesia. Amnesty International observed in its 2007 country [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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