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

He built up its elite special forces, Kopassus, to combat insurgency and internal terrorism. Jul 22, 2010 - The decision of the Obama Administration to begin "gradual and limited" engagement with the Indonesian Special Forces (Kopassus) ignores more than a decade-old, bi-partisan, bi-cameral Congressional consensus opposing Military and police units have repeatedly conducted purportedly anti-rebel "sweep operations" in the remote Central Highlands forcing thousands of villagers into the forests where they suffer lack of food, shelter and access to medical care. Sep 6, 2013 - The conviction of eight Kopassus (Special Forces Command) soldiers is a step towards ending impunity In Indonesia, but also highlights how military courts are not fit to try its own soldiers for human rights violations, Amnesty International said. During this trial, there were reports of pro-Kopassus groups being present inside and outside the tribunal on a daily basis – many witnesses said they were scared to testify. Nov 15, 2010 - Earlier this year, the US administration announced the re-establishment of military ties with Indonesia's Kopassus special forces – the same forces implicated in the atrocities of East Timor. Apr 17, 2013 - After 61 years, the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) remains riddled with allegations of human rights abuses, with the Cebongan incident where its commandos stormed a prison in Sleman, Yogyakarta, and executed four inmates putting the elite forces under In 1985, the elite force achieved global recognition after it successfully rescued passengers on board Garuda Indonesia's DC-9 Woyla aircraft, which was hijacked by Komando Jihad, a network of Darul Islam. Jul 23, 2010 - Honestly it does not get any better than this. 3 hours ago - For 24 years, he belonged to the Indonesian military, which loyally followed the president's orders. The USG is “finally” lifting the self-imposed ban on Kopassus, the Indonesian Special Forces, criminals through and through. Leaked Kopassus documents released last week, have I found a land where the remnants of the Suharto era very much live on into the modern day – far from the image of democracy that Obama painted in his speech to the Indonesian nation.