Duh, kapan ya kesintingan ini berakhir? Salam, RM
-------------------------------------- STI Dec 23, 2004 US shuts down Surabaya consulate JAKARTA - THE United States has closed its consulate in Indonesia's second-largest city of Surabaya for security reasons after warnings of an imminent strike by extremists ahead of Christmas, an official said yesterday. Embassy spokesman Max Kwak said the closure, just days after the US State Department announced that terrorists were planning new attacks, was due to a combination of security concerns and staffing shortage. The US Embassy in Jakarta remained open. Washington and other countries last week issued advisories urging their citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Indonesia or to keep a low profile while there. Given the alerts, police in Indonesia are throwing a huge security blanket over thousands of churches, shopping malls and hotels to thwart attacks by Muslim militants during Christmas and New Year celebrations. It will involve 130,000 personnel. Hundreds of people have died, many of them foreign tourists, in attacks blamed on Al-Qaeda-linked militants in recent years. Nerves have been rattled in the past week by false alarms, including loud blasts from a probable meteor shower and a dud grenade found in the carpark of the Jakarta Hilton Hotel. But experts said the police force is too small and poorly prepared to provide adequate security across the sprawling archipelago of 17,000 islands and 220 million people. A report this week by the respected International Crisis Group, a think-tank based in Brussels, said Jakarta needed to double the size of the force. -- AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/BRUplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************************************************** Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. www.ppi-india.uni.cc *************************************************************************** __________________________________________________________________________ Mohon Perhatian: 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. 3. Lihat arsip sebelumnya, www.ppi-india.da.ru; 4. Posting: [email protected] 5. Satu email perhari: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6. No-email/web only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7. kembali menerima email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
