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Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)
Sat Jun 28, 2014, 09:51 PM Jun 2014

A Response and Several Challenges to General Prabowo ( Allan Nairn )

June 26, 2014

General Prabowo's campaign said today that the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) are ready to capture me, and claimed that I am part of a US government/business conspiracy against Prabowo. (See reference links below).

Campaign spokesman Budi Purnomo is reported as saying that "Allan Nairn is a journalist who is known to not have a good relationship with the TNI [Indonesian Armed Forces]. He said that Allan has even been listed as having entered Indonesia illegally seven times. 'TNI has even said that they are going to capture Allan if they learn he has returned to Indonesia,' he stated." ["Allan Nairn merupakan seorang jurnalis Amerika yang dikenal memiliki hubungan yang tidak baik dengan TNI. Menurutnya, Allan bahkan tercatat tujuh kali pernah masuk ke Indonesia secara ilegal. 'TNI bahkan pernah menyatakan akan menangkap Allan jika ia ketahuan kembali ke Indonesia,' jelasnya." (Merdeka.com, June 26, 2014)].

I am currently in Indonesia so if the TNI would like to capture me, they can.

(For background on Suharto/TNI banning me from Indonesia as "a threat to national security" see the previous postings about my discussions with General Prabowo).

http://www.allannairn.org/2014/06/a-response-and-several-challenges-to.html

Allan Narin, bio: llan Nairn (born 1956) is an award-winning American investigative journalist who became well known when he was imprisoned by Indonesian military forces under United States-backed strongman Suharto while reporting in East Timor. His writings have focused on U.S. foreign policy in such countries as Haiti, Guatemala, Indonesia, and East Timor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Nairn

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A Response and Several Challenges to General Prabowo ( Allan Nairn ) (Original Post) Jefferson23 Jun 2014 OP
I recommend reading this. nt delrem Jun 2014 #1
Yes, thank you, delrem. Jefferson23 Jun 2014 #2
Ah yes, you're Jefferson23 delrem Jun 2014 #4
Good to see you too. Jefferson23 Jun 2014 #5
In this case I somehow bothered a mod named "Lithos". delrem Jun 2014 #6
Journalist Allan Nairn Threatened for Exposing Indonesian Pres. Candidate’s Role in Mass Killings Jefferson23 Jun 2014 #3

delrem

(9,688 posts)
4. Ah yes, you're Jefferson23
Sat Jun 28, 2014, 10:40 PM
Jun 2014

who posts a lot in a group that I'm (the one and only) banished from.
So a lot of times I'd like to respond to you, but I can't.

I can't figure it.
That's a group dominated by a poster who could teach a thing or two to Pamela Geller.

Well, that's just how it goes on the internet.

delrem

(9,688 posts)
6. In this case I somehow bothered a mod named "Lithos".
Sat Jun 28, 2014, 11:26 PM
Jun 2014

That was sufficient reason.

eta: I was never granted a reply to my requests for information. Not from anyone.

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)
3. Journalist Allan Nairn Threatened for Exposing Indonesian Pres. Candidate’s Role in Mass Killings
Sat Jun 28, 2014, 10:37 PM
Jun 2014

snip* Allan, welcome back to Democracy Now! Can you describe what is taking place in Indonesia right now and what has happened as a result of the article that you’ve just released on your blog at AllanNairn.org?

ALLAN NAIRN: Well, General Prabowo, who has been implicated in mass killings and was a close U.S. protégé—he was the most intensively U.S.-trained officer in Indonesia—may be on the verge of assuming state power. The presidential election is judged by most people to be about 50-50 right now. So he may become the next president of Indonesia.

After my piece came out, there’s been an uproar in the Indonesian press. The army declared that I am an operational target. One of the spokesmen for Prabowo said that I was an enemy of the nation. But, you know, these are kind of standard responses.

Earlier, Juan read some of the quotes of Prabowo in the—in his interviews with me. One additional thing he said, when he was talking about the Santa Cruz massacre, that you and I, Amy, both survived, the full quote was: "You don’t massacre civilians in front of the world press. Maybe commanders do it in villages where no one will ever know, but not in the provincial capital!" So he was saying it’s OK to do it, just where no one will know.

http://www.democracynow.org/2014/6/27/journalist_allan_nairn_threatened_for_exposing

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