Rice says Indonesia may rejoin U.S. military training program

[Judi Lynn]

Rice says Indonesia may rejoin U.S. military training program

ASSOCIATED PRESS
7:40 a.m. February 27, 2005

WASHINGTON – Indonesia may resume participation in a U.S. military training program after an absence of more than a decade, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has determined.

Resumption generally is viewed as a first step in lifting the ban on military-to-military ties between the two countries.

The Bush administration restricted Indonesia's participation after its military failed to cooperate fully in the investigation of the killings there of two U.S. citizens in August 2002.

But Rice now has determined that Indonesia has and continues to cooperate with the FBI's investigation into the murders of schoolteachers Rick Spier, of Littleton, Colo., and Ted Burgon, of Sunriver, Ore., during an ambush near the Timika gold and copper mine in Papua province, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said in a statement Saturday.
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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20050227-0740-us-indonesia.html

[shraby]

1. La la la la! I don't believe ANYTHING that

woman says. If she said the sun rises in the east, I'd stay up all night to verify.

[MyDogSpot]

2. Goodie. We get to train the hated Kopassus again

[neweurope]

3. No human rights violations in Indonesia. Indonesia has oil.

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Remember Fallujah

Bush to the Hague!

[Imperialism Inc.]

4. What's the deal?

Does some island full of dirt poor peasants need massacred again or something?

[cliss]

5. Boy, it doesn't take much to be the US's friend.

Indonesia has the world's #2 largest muslim population, second only to the Middle East. They are seen as a dangerous harbor for Al-Qaida and terrorists. The tsunami of Dec. 26 hit Indonesia hard. The Indonesian government was very uneasy about having the US hover a little "too close for comfort". They were relieved when the US left.

And with good reason. I think they are just trying to live their lives, as best they can. "Cooperation" is always on U.S. terms, with very little room for negotiation.

I don't see how this makes us "friends", just because they're going to cooperate with a murder investigation. I really wonder: Is Condiment Rice naive?

[arikara]

6. Sure... like they need more lessons on brutality

East Timor comes to mind.

[0007]

7. Condoleezza was knighted by junior, 'ya know!

You will be our friend
or the bombs
will start dropping again!

[arikara]

9. EEEEK!

Her hair looks better there than I've ever seen it... you forgot the black stilettos though. Keep working on it.

[evolvenow]

8. Oil and minerals sector...what a surprise! Can we please develop alternat

ives!!!

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Oil and minerals sector

Indonesia, the only Asian member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), ranks 15th among world oil producers, with about 2.4% of world production. Crude and condensate output averaged 240,000 m©¯ (1.5 million barrels) per day in 1999. In the 1998 calendar year the oil and gas sector, including refining, contributed approximately 9% to GDP and, in FY 1999–2000, provided 28% to domestic revenues. The sector's share of export earnings was 20% in 1999, a greater percentage than recent years due to high world oil prices. U.S. companies have invested heavily in the petroleum sector. With domestic demand for petroleum fuels expanding, Indonesia will become a net importer of oil by the next decade unless new reserves are found. In 1999, Indonesian imports of crude oil and petroleum products totaled $3.2 billion while Indonesian exports of crude oil and oil products totaled $10.7 billion.

The state owns all oil and mineral rights. Foreign firms participate through production-sharing and work contracts. Oil and gas contractors are required to finance all exploration, production, and development costs in their contract areas; they are entitled to recover operating, exploration, and development costs out of the oil and gas produced.

Although minerals production traditionally centered on bauxite, silver, and tin production, Indonesia is expanding its copper, nickel, gold, and coal output for export markets. In mid-1993, the Department of Mines and Energy reopened the coal sector to foreign investment, with the result that the leading Indonesian coal producer now is a joint venture between U.K. firms BP and Rio Tinto. Total coal production reached 74 million metric tons in 1999, including exports of 55 million tons. The Indonesian Government hopes to surpass 100 million metric tons of coal production in 2002. Two US firms operate three copper/gold mines in Indonesia, with a Canadian and UK firm holding significant other investments in nickel and gold, respectively. In 1998, the value of Indonesian gold production was $1 billion and copper, $843 million. Receipts from gold, copper, and coal comprised 84% of the $3 billion earned in 1998 by the mineral mining sector.
http://www.answers.com/topic/economy-of-indonesia

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