Itu TNI kalo mau belajar/Latihan perang jangan sama tentara Amerika. Belajar 
dari Taliban, Al-Qaida, Hamas. Ato liat arsip lama catetan Jendral Sudirman, 
Sunan Gunung Jati.

Tentara Amerika itu tentara Cengeng. Mau perang tapi harus tetap Makan Enak dan 
Cukup Hiburan.

:D

Salam
./sts


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Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:11:24 
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Subject: [wanita-muslimah] US to resume ties with Indonesia's special forces

Refleksi : Apa komentar Anda tentang hubungan antara militer USA dan TNI 
menjadi baik?


http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/07/22/us-resume-ties-with-indonesia039s-special-forces.html

US to resume ties with Indonesia's special forces 
Associated Press, Jakarta | Thu, 07/22/2010 4:22 PM | Headlines 


The United States announced Thursday it will resume cooperation with 
Indonesia's special forces after ties were severed more than a decade ago over 
human rights abuses allegedly committed by the commando unit. 

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates made the announcement after meeting with 
Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday in the capital 
Jakarta. Indonesia had said it wanted the United States to reconsider resuming 
joint training. 

The decision will be seen as a victory for the Indonesian military, which has 
said it made great strides in improving its human rights record. 

Indonesia's special forces were accused of major abuses in the former 
Indonesian province of East Timor in the late 1990s. East Timor has since 
become independent. 

"I was pleased to be able to tell the president that as a result of Indonesian 
military reform over the past decade ... and recent actions taken by the 
Ministry of Defense to address human rights issues, the United States will 
begin measured and gradual programs of security cooperation activities with the 
Indonesian Army Special Forces," Gates said at a press conference. 

"This initial step will take place within the limit of US law and does not 
signal any lessening of the importance we place on human rights and 
accountability," he added. 

Several countries, including the US and Australia, suspended joint military 
training in the wake of the rights abuse allegations, though Australia resumed 
training in 2005. 

The US lifted an overall ban against training the Indonesian military in 2005, 
though it kept the restrictions against the Indonesian special forces - known 
as Kopassus. 

"Our ability to expand after this initial step will depend on continued 
implementation of reforms with Kopassus and TNI as a whole," Gates said. "We 
consider this a very significant development in our military-to-military 
relationship and look forward to working even more closely ... in the years to 
come." 

Gates didn't elaborate on the specifics of the resumed cooperation, and took no 
questions from journalists. 

International rights groups said members of Kopassus were linked to the 
disappearance of student activists in East Timor in 1997 and 1998 and were 
never held accountable. 

In May, 13 US lawmakers sent a letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton 
and Gates, saying they worried about whether Indonesia will punish senior 
officers for past abuses.

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