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Kopassus: Inside Indonesia's Special Forces Ken Conboy
Publisher: Equinox Publishing

May 14, 2013 - The raid by the Indonesian special forces, known as Kopassus, put the pitfalls of military and security sector reform back on the front burner. Dec 12, 2007 - This source also says that US intelligence is providing covert intelligence aid to Kopassus, the Indonesian army's red beret special forces famed for abduction, torture, and assassination. Training for Indonesia's notorious special forces. Sep 27, 2010 - Secretary of Defense Gates lifts ban on working with Indonesia's brutal special forces. The report is titled “Anatomy of Papuan Separatists” and is The Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE) was due to transform up to 1.6 million hectares of forest into corporate-run farmland. Classified The American presence inside Detachment 88 was confirmed by an Indonesian Detachment 88 official who said that a team of Americans did telecommunications work in the "Intel Section," along with an individual whom they believed to be a British national. Jun 19, 2013 - The trial of 12 Kopassus (Special Forces Command) soldiers accused of the extrajudicial execution of four detainees is likely to be little more than a sham warned Amnesty International as the military hearing opens on Thursday. A detailed examination of Prabowo's role in East Timor was recently published in Inside Indonesia by Gerry van Klinken: http://www.insideindonesia.org/current-edition/prabowo-and-human-rights. Bedding down with the devil is the only way one can describe a recent decision by the Obama administration to resume contact with the Indonesian military's (TNI) most notorious human rights abuser, the Special Forces unit, Kopassus. While 9 were found alive, 1 was found dead, 13 have never been found and are considered . Following a July There is also suspicion that the attack was aimed at blackmailing mine owners into paying protection money. Aug 21, 2011 - A leaked report from the notorious Indonesian special forces unit Kopassus detailing information about the West Papuan independence movement has drawn attention to Indonesia's brutal occupation of the region. May 8, 2014 - As former commander of the army special forces (Kopassus), he was implicated in the kidnapping of pro-democracy activists in 1997/98 when the New Order was on its last legs. €�Training Kopassus will Also according to Human Rights Watch, “The few soldiers who have been convicted by military tribunals for abuses have largely been reinstated into the ranks and promoted, including seven of 11 military personnel convicted of kidnapping student activists in 1997 and 1998. Mar 12, 2010 - The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) warned President Barack Obama against renewing any U.S. According to credible sources, the soldiers – wearing masks and carrying weapons including AK-47s – managed to force their way into the prison after a man claiming to be from the Yogyakarta police convinced guards to open the doors.