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Funding Indonesia’s Abusive Military

Despite numerous human rights abuses, the United States continues to pump money into the Indonesian military under the guise of the war on terror

By Ben Terrall

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 report: “The majority of human rights violations by the security forces were not investigated,… return to article

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