http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JAK189166.htmJAKARTA, Jan 5 (Reuters) - The United States will ease restrictions on military cargo plane part sales to Indonesia to help it with relief operations after Asia's devastating tsunami, officials from both countries said on Wednesday.
Most U.S. sales of military-related equipment to Indonesia have been on hold since Indonesian soldiers and the militia they backed in East Timor were accused of human rights violations when the tiny territory voted to break from Indonesia in 1999.
Indonesia says the ban has posed problems in maintaining and building its airlift capacity, and is now affecting how much its armed forces can do to help after the tsunami.
The disaster killed more than 94,000 Indonesians, the largest toll in any country, and left nearly 500,00 homeless.
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