It is time to withdraw US troops from Indonesia!
The Bush Administration is working hard to spin the crash of a Seahawk
helicopter from the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in Banda Aceh
today as a "mechanical failure."
This despite the fact that, as reported by CBS News, "The crash came
amid heightened security concerns in several tsunami-hit areas with
ethnic rebellions - particularly in Aceh, where rebels have waged a
separatist war in the province for nearly three decades. United Nations
staff in Aceh are on high alert, and armed guards patrol their
compounds amid fears of rebel attacks. "
On January 8th, CBS News and the Associated Press reported:
"(CBS/AP) Suspected rebels fired shots early Sunday at the home of a
top police official near the United Nations' relief headquarters in the
tsunami-ravaged Indonesian city of Banda Aceh, officials said. No
casualties were reported."
On January 9th, CBS News and the Associated Press again reported:
"(CBS/AP) Indonesia's military said Sunday it had reports that
separatist rebels were infiltrating refugee camps in tsunami-stricken
Aceh province and warned relief workers to take extra care, the state
news agency Antara reported."
The BBC as well as all of the "legacy" US Networks have documented the
existence of "relief teams" in the area from the two Indonesian rebel
groups, Indonesian Mujahideen Council and the Laskar Mujahideen.
It is pretty clear from comments made by Jan Egeland (UN emergency
relief co-ordinator), and officials of France, Germany and the Arab
World, especially in Egypt, that American assistance is neither needed
nor wanted.
So, the only rational conclusion is -- Since they are not wanted, it is
time to withdraw US troops from Indonesia!
Your turn Ross.
T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
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