| by Andi Abdussalam |
Jakarta, Oct 14 (Antara) - The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) supports the Defense Ministry's idea to launch a state defense program for civilians to raise awareness on the importance of maintaining the safety and integrity of the nation and state.
"I fully support the defense minister's idea to provide state defense training to civilians," MPR Chairman Zulkifli Hasan stated at the Parliament building here on Tuesday.The program is important to raise the people's awareness on the urgency to maintain the nation and state. After all, several countries have adopted the concept and are implementing it. He pointed out that after 18 years of the Reform Era, there is a pressing need to raise state and national level awareness among the younger generation. The Ministry of Defense has revealed its plans to recruit 100 million state defense cadres within a decade to anticipate ideological attacks from home or abroad. Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu noted that the cadres were needed in view of the increasing problems being faced by the nation. Hasan noted that the House of Representatives (DPR) should also support the program. "Indonesia's neighboring countries, such as Singapore have implemented state defense programs," he affirmed. |
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MPR SUPPORTS STATE DEFENSE PROGRAM FOR CIVILIANS
Rabu, 16 September 2009
PINDAD TO BE INVESTIGATED OVER ARMS SALES
By Andi Abdussalam
Jakarta, Sept 1 (ANTARA) - The Ministry of State Enterprises (BUMN) will investigate state-owned weapon factory PT Pindad in the wake of its arms sales now being confiscated in the Philippines. | |
ADDITIONL DEFENSE BUDGET BADLY NEEDED
By Andi Abdussalam
Jakarta, June 12 (ANTARA) - The crash of another military aircraft on Friday, namely An Air Force Puma helicopter in Bogor, West Java, which killed two and injuring five servicemen, is sending a strong message that the government needs to pay attention to the replacement of aging aircraft and provide enough budget.
Friday's crash of the Air Force helicopter is another fresh incident that followed a Hercules C-130 of the same service which went down in Magetan district, East Java, killing about 100 passengers last month.
Also still fresh in mind was the burst into flames of an Air Force Fokker-27 plane which killed scores of paratroop trainees at Sastra Negara airport in Bandung, West Java, just a month earlier.
These incidents indicated that increased budget is badly needed for the maintenance of the aging equipment, but the government is currently short of funds.
So far, the government has provided only one third of the needed budget to maintain and preserve the military's equipment. According to the House of Representatives, the ideal budget for the military is about Rp100 trillion. However the government was only able to provide one third of it, or about Rp33 trillion.
For this year, the Defense Ministry is proposing Rp1 trillion for immediate funding of the military equipment through the 2009 revised budget. It is expected to increase the preparedness and readiness of the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI)'s main weaponry system.
Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono said here on Friday that of the proposed fund, about 70 percent would be used for the maintenance and preservation of TNI's main weaponry equipment.
"Increasing budget for maintenance and preservation of military equipment is the main focus of our attempt to maintain the technical worthiness of TNI's main armament system," the minister said.
The minister said that the proposed additional budget for the defense sector was now being discussed by the National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) and the finance ministry.
Sudarsno said that in the past five years he had reminded several times that the government's budget for the defense sector was limited. After all, priorities were always given to other sectors such as economy and people's welfare improvement.
Therefore, each time we propose a minimum defense budget of Rp100 trillion, the realization had always been one third of it, namely about Rp33 trillion to Rp35 trillion.
With a budget of that size, the ministry of defense has to be accurate in using the existing funds. After all, the fund allocation still has to be divided into the three services of the army, navy and the air force, the Ministry of Defense and the TNI headquarters.'
The funds are used to finance routine expenditures, good procurements and capital expenditures for each of the three sectors, the minister said.
In the meantime, the House of Representatives (DPR)'s Commission I has agreed to increase the budget for defense and the military (TNI) by Rp10 trillion in 2010.
"We agreed to increase the budget for defense and TNI by Rp10 trillion in 2010 to promote education and training, maintenance and procurement of main weapons system equipment," House Commission I chairman Theo L Sambuaga said.
The 2009 budget for the ministry of defense and the TNI totalled Rp33.6 trillion and in the first quarter of the year they recieved an additional budget of Rp38.66 billion to support the Waspada (alert) strategy intelligence operations and 28.10 percent of it had been distributed to organizational units of the ministry or TNI.
According to Presidential special assistant for defense affairs Irvan Edison, the defense budget for the military (TNI) will be made based on existing need and on priority scale determined by prevailing security conditions.
"The posture of the country's defense will be adjusted to the security condition Indonesia is facing. If there is no security threat, the budget will be increased for the maintenance of equipment and regional monitoring," Edison said.
"But with the case of several incidents befalling on the military where a number of its planes has crashed, and in the face of the Ambalat tensions, the government needs to increase its defense budget. But still, it has to be adjusted to the general budget needs," he said.
Last month, the ministry of defense said it would likely receive an additional budget of between Rp5 trillion and Rp6 trillion in 2010.
Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono said after a limited cabinet meeting at the presidential office that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had agreed at the meeting that the ministry's budget had to be increased in 2010.
"Although we were also of the view that the ideal budget of around Rp120 trillion a year would never be met because of the current crisis and budget shortage," he said.
He said the government had also agreed that in the next two years there must be a rise in the ministry's budget which would be aimed at promoting operational readiness and maintenance of equipment "to ensure the safety of all weapons systems in all forces."
The additional budget of between Rp5 trillion and Rp6 trillion was also aimed at promoting operational readiness and maintenance of equipment.
"From the present budget of Rp33.6 trillion we will secure up to around Rp800 billion a year for maintenance or ideally next year above Rp1.2 trillion for operational readiness and maintenance," he said.
House Speaker Agung Laksono said that ideally Indonesia's defense budget should total Rp100 trillion.
"According to a defense expert in the current conditions Indonesia needs to allocate more than Rp100 trillion for its defense budget," he said when responding to an army chopper that crashed in Cianjur, West Java, recently. ***4***
(T.A014/a/H-NG/a014) (T.A014/A/A014/A/A014) 13-06-2009
Jakarta, June 12 (ANTARA) - The crash of another military aircraft on Friday, namely An Air Force Puma helicopter in Bogor, West Java, which killed two and injuring five servicemen, is sending a strong message that the government needs to pay attention to the replacement of aging aircraft and provide enough budget.
Friday's crash of the Air Force helicopter is another fresh incident that followed a Hercules C-130 of the same service which went down in Magetan district, East Java, killing about 100 passengers last month.
Also still fresh in mind was the burst into flames of an Air Force Fokker-27 plane which killed scores of paratroop trainees at Sastra Negara airport in Bandung, West Java, just a month earlier.
These incidents indicated that increased budget is badly needed for the maintenance of the aging equipment, but the government is currently short of funds.
So far, the government has provided only one third of the needed budget to maintain and preserve the military's equipment. According to the House of Representatives, the ideal budget for the military is about Rp100 trillion. However the government was only able to provide one third of it, or about Rp33 trillion.
For this year, the Defense Ministry is proposing Rp1 trillion for immediate funding of the military equipment through the 2009 revised budget. It is expected to increase the preparedness and readiness of the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI)'s main weaponry system.
Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono said here on Friday that of the proposed fund, about 70 percent would be used for the maintenance and preservation of TNI's main weaponry equipment.
"Increasing budget for maintenance and preservation of military equipment is the main focus of our attempt to maintain the technical worthiness of TNI's main armament system," the minister said.
The minister said that the proposed additional budget for the defense sector was now being discussed by the National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) and the finance ministry.
Sudarsno said that in the past five years he had reminded several times that the government's budget for the defense sector was limited. After all, priorities were always given to other sectors such as economy and people's welfare improvement.
Therefore, each time we propose a minimum defense budget of Rp100 trillion, the realization had always been one third of it, namely about Rp33 trillion to Rp35 trillion.
With a budget of that size, the ministry of defense has to be accurate in using the existing funds. After all, the fund allocation still has to be divided into the three services of the army, navy and the air force, the Ministry of Defense and the TNI headquarters.'
The funds are used to finance routine expenditures, good procurements and capital expenditures for each of the three sectors, the minister said.
In the meantime, the House of Representatives (DPR)'s Commission I has agreed to increase the budget for defense and the military (TNI) by Rp10 trillion in 2010.
"We agreed to increase the budget for defense and TNI by Rp10 trillion in 2010 to promote education and training, maintenance and procurement of main weapons system equipment," House Commission I chairman Theo L Sambuaga said.
The 2009 budget for the ministry of defense and the TNI totalled Rp33.6 trillion and in the first quarter of the year they recieved an additional budget of Rp38.66 billion to support the Waspada (alert) strategy intelligence operations and 28.10 percent of it had been distributed to organizational units of the ministry or TNI.
According to Presidential special assistant for defense affairs Irvan Edison, the defense budget for the military (TNI) will be made based on existing need and on priority scale determined by prevailing security conditions.
"The posture of the country's defense will be adjusted to the security condition Indonesia is facing. If there is no security threat, the budget will be increased for the maintenance of equipment and regional monitoring," Edison said.
"But with the case of several incidents befalling on the military where a number of its planes has crashed, and in the face of the Ambalat tensions, the government needs to increase its defense budget. But still, it has to be adjusted to the general budget needs," he said.
Last month, the ministry of defense said it would likely receive an additional budget of between Rp5 trillion and Rp6 trillion in 2010.
Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono said after a limited cabinet meeting at the presidential office that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had agreed at the meeting that the ministry's budget had to be increased in 2010.
"Although we were also of the view that the ideal budget of around Rp120 trillion a year would never be met because of the current crisis and budget shortage," he said.
He said the government had also agreed that in the next two years there must be a rise in the ministry's budget which would be aimed at promoting operational readiness and maintenance of equipment "to ensure the safety of all weapons systems in all forces."
The additional budget of between Rp5 trillion and Rp6 trillion was also aimed at promoting operational readiness and maintenance of equipment.
"From the present budget of Rp33.6 trillion we will secure up to around Rp800 billion a year for maintenance or ideally next year above Rp1.2 trillion for operational readiness and maintenance," he said.
House Speaker Agung Laksono said that ideally Indonesia's defense budget should total Rp100 trillion.
"According to a defense expert in the current conditions Indonesia needs to allocate more than Rp100 trillion for its defense budget," he said when responding to an army chopper that crashed in Cianjur, West Java, recently. ***4***
(T.A014/a/H-NG/a014) (T.A014/A/A014/A/A014) 13-06-2009
Jumat, 02 Mei 2008
INDONESIAN AIR FORCE TO REPLACE AGING PLANES
By Andi Abdussalam
Jakarta, April 19 (ANTARA) - Amid a tight budget, the Indonesian Air Force is planning to replace its aging Hawk MK-53 and Ov-10 Bronco warplanes while increasing the number of its four Russian made Sukhoi jet fighters to 10.
"At present we are still waiting for the ministry of defense's decision on the substitution of OV-10 Bronco warplanes. One of the substitutes of this type is Super Tocano from Brazil. After this is finished, we will propose the substitution of the Hawk MK-53 fleet," Air Force Chief Marshal Subandrio said in Madiun, East Java, on Friday.
The air force's plan is made amid tight budget for military spending. The Defense Ministry has decided to prioritize the maintenance of Indonesia's military main armament following the government's decision to cut 15 percent of the defense ministry's budget.
"We give priority to maintenance and repair as the first step, although we still need to continue an in-depth study," Defense Minister Jowono Sudarsono said.
The shrinking military budget is being taken while about 70 percent of the country's military armaments are aging and the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) is putting to rest a number of its obsolete main armaments, including planes, ships and helicopters aged more than 30 years.
Minister Juwono said a joint study was being conducted by defense ministry and the military headquarters to decide whether to use the repaired military main armaments or buy new arms.
After undergoing maintenance and repair, the arms would still be effective for another 15 years. However, if the maintenance and repair of aging arms would be costlier, then purchasing new ones would be done, albeit in limited number, the minister said.
It is predicted that in the coming ten years the maintenance of TNI's armaments would cost Rp93.87 trillion (US$10.203 billion), of which Rp41.9 trillion (UA$4.5 billion) for the air force's armaments.
Despite the tight budget, the air force is planning to replace its aging fighter planes, particularly Hawk MK-53s which are already aging. At the Iswahjudi Airbase in East Java for example, of the six MK-53s of Squadron 15, only two are in good condition to fly.
"We will forward the proposal for their substitution in 2009. We hope we will be able to sign a contract in the same year," Air Force Chief Subandrio said.
He said the service period of the MK-53s would expire in 2011 so that a plan for procurement of their substitution should at least be made in 2009, particularly after the proposal for the substitution of tactical warplanes OV-10 Bronco had been followed up by the ministry of defense.
Commander of the Iswahjudi Airbase Flight Major Adam Suharto said of the six Hawk MK-53s, only two were in good condition to fly. "Their combat readiness is quite low. They need to be replaced soon."
He said the combat readiness of MK-53s had continued to decrease because it was difficult to obtain spare parts.
"Procurement must be done soon for at least one squadron in order to help maintain optimum combat readiness," he said.
In the 2005-2024 period, the Air Force was planning to replace its combat and logistics (transport) planes which have been used for about 20 to 30 years, such as the OV-10 Broncos (already grounded), Hawk MK-53, F-5 Tigers and F-16 Fighting Falcons.
Within the period, the air force is also planning to add four batteries of airborne attack deterrence, three mission and reconnaissance planes and the procurement of arms such as missiles, and warplane ammunition and armaments.
In the meantime, it is planning to increase the number of its Sukhoi fighter jets into one squadron to be based in Makassar's Suquaron 11 Airbase.
All infrastructure facilities of Makassar's Squadron II Airbase are now ready to accommodate six Russian-made Sukhoi Su-27/30 jet-fighters, which are expected to arrive in Indonesia in 2008 and 2009.
"The construction of all the needed facilities including a hangar and taxiway has been completed," the chief of the Air Forces's Second Operations Command, Rear Marshal Yushan Sayuti said.
The new hangar was finished late last year and is able to hold six Sukhoi jet-fighters. "So, there is no problem anymore as we have prepared all the needed facilities," Sayuti said.
Subandrio said earlier that the Russian SU-30 jet-fighters were expected to arrive in Indonesia in the middle of this year. This will increase the Air Force's combat strength.
The purchase of the Russian made Sukhois had been planned based on the Air Force's Fleet Development Program (Probangkuat) for 2005-2009.
In the 2005 budget year, funds totaling US$310 million had been allocated for the procurement of six Sukhois. The procurement of the six warplanes will be conducted in stages in the period 2007-2009.
Three units, with an SU-30MK armament system, will arrive in 2008. Others, with SU-27SK armament system, will arrive in 2009.
Currently the air force already has four Sukhois consisting of two SU-27s and two MK-30s. Called Flanker, the jet-fighter is of the Sukhoi Su-27 SK Upgrade type equipped with a couple of Lyulka AL-31F engine with a booster strength of 12,550 kg each.
The superiority of the jet-fighter is obvious from its Infra Red Search and Track (IRST) equipment in the cockpit capable of detecting the target as far as 70 km, an instrument which is not found in other jet-fighters made in the West.
The Sukhoi is also able to carry AA-12 Adder airborne missiles which have a cruising range of 50 km, exceeding that of AMRAAM which has a cruising range of 40 km only. It also has the capacity to carry R-73 missiles which are able to hit targets on the side direction at an angle up to 70 degrees.
For targets on land, the Sukhoi could be equipped with H-31P missiles with a cruising range of 100 km or with H-31A anti-craft missiles capable of reaching targets as far as 50 km.
With a capacity of holding 6,000 kg of fuel, the jet-fighter is able to conduct a petrol flight as far as 1,500 kilometers for four hours from the base.
All of the arms systems constitute the deadliest air weaponry system at present, which are reportedly more reliable than Israel's Python or AIM-9L/M Sidewinder often used in the West. (T.A014/A/HAJM/16:05/a014) (T.A014/A/A014/A/A014) 19-04-2008 16:26:23
Jakarta, April 19 (ANTARA) - Amid a tight budget, the Indonesian Air Force is planning to replace its aging Hawk MK-53 and Ov-10 Bronco warplanes while increasing the number of its four Russian made Sukhoi jet fighters to 10.
"At present we are still waiting for the ministry of defense's decision on the substitution of OV-10 Bronco warplanes. One of the substitutes of this type is Super Tocano from Brazil. After this is finished, we will propose the substitution of the Hawk MK-53 fleet," Air Force Chief Marshal Subandrio said in Madiun, East Java, on Friday.
The air force's plan is made amid tight budget for military spending. The Defense Ministry has decided to prioritize the maintenance of Indonesia's military main armament following the government's decision to cut 15 percent of the defense ministry's budget.
"We give priority to maintenance and repair as the first step, although we still need to continue an in-depth study," Defense Minister Jowono Sudarsono said.
The shrinking military budget is being taken while about 70 percent of the country's military armaments are aging and the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) is putting to rest a number of its obsolete main armaments, including planes, ships and helicopters aged more than 30 years.
Minister Juwono said a joint study was being conducted by defense ministry and the military headquarters to decide whether to use the repaired military main armaments or buy new arms.
After undergoing maintenance and repair, the arms would still be effective for another 15 years. However, if the maintenance and repair of aging arms would be costlier, then purchasing new ones would be done, albeit in limited number, the minister said.
It is predicted that in the coming ten years the maintenance of TNI's armaments would cost Rp93.87 trillion (US$10.203 billion), of which Rp41.9 trillion (UA$4.5 billion) for the air force's armaments.
Despite the tight budget, the air force is planning to replace its aging fighter planes, particularly Hawk MK-53s which are already aging. At the Iswahjudi Airbase in East Java for example, of the six MK-53s of Squadron 15, only two are in good condition to fly.
"We will forward the proposal for their substitution in 2009. We hope we will be able to sign a contract in the same year," Air Force Chief Subandrio said.
He said the service period of the MK-53s would expire in 2011 so that a plan for procurement of their substitution should at least be made in 2009, particularly after the proposal for the substitution of tactical warplanes OV-10 Bronco had been followed up by the ministry of defense.
Commander of the Iswahjudi Airbase Flight Major Adam Suharto said of the six Hawk MK-53s, only two were in good condition to fly. "Their combat readiness is quite low. They need to be replaced soon."
He said the combat readiness of MK-53s had continued to decrease because it was difficult to obtain spare parts.
"Procurement must be done soon for at least one squadron in order to help maintain optimum combat readiness," he said.
In the 2005-2024 period, the Air Force was planning to replace its combat and logistics (transport) planes which have been used for about 20 to 30 years, such as the OV-10 Broncos (already grounded), Hawk MK-53, F-5 Tigers and F-16 Fighting Falcons.
Within the period, the air force is also planning to add four batteries of airborne attack deterrence, three mission and reconnaissance planes and the procurement of arms such as missiles, and warplane ammunition and armaments.
In the meantime, it is planning to increase the number of its Sukhoi fighter jets into one squadron to be based in Makassar's Suquaron 11 Airbase.
All infrastructure facilities of Makassar's Squadron II Airbase are now ready to accommodate six Russian-made Sukhoi Su-27/30 jet-fighters, which are expected to arrive in Indonesia in 2008 and 2009.
"The construction of all the needed facilities including a hangar and taxiway has been completed," the chief of the Air Forces's Second Operations Command, Rear Marshal Yushan Sayuti said.
The new hangar was finished late last year and is able to hold six Sukhoi jet-fighters. "So, there is no problem anymore as we have prepared all the needed facilities," Sayuti said.
Subandrio said earlier that the Russian SU-30 jet-fighters were expected to arrive in Indonesia in the middle of this year. This will increase the Air Force's combat strength.
The purchase of the Russian made Sukhois had been planned based on the Air Force's Fleet Development Program (Probangkuat) for 2005-2009.
In the 2005 budget year, funds totaling US$310 million had been allocated for the procurement of six Sukhois. The procurement of the six warplanes will be conducted in stages in the period 2007-2009.
Three units, with an SU-30MK armament system, will arrive in 2008. Others, with SU-27SK armament system, will arrive in 2009.
Currently the air force already has four Sukhois consisting of two SU-27s and two MK-30s. Called Flanker, the jet-fighter is of the Sukhoi Su-27 SK Upgrade type equipped with a couple of Lyulka AL-31F engine with a booster strength of 12,550 kg each.
The superiority of the jet-fighter is obvious from its Infra Red Search and Track (IRST) equipment in the cockpit capable of detecting the target as far as 70 km, an instrument which is not found in other jet-fighters made in the West.
The Sukhoi is also able to carry AA-12 Adder airborne missiles which have a cruising range of 50 km, exceeding that of AMRAAM which has a cruising range of 40 km only. It also has the capacity to carry R-73 missiles which are able to hit targets on the side direction at an angle up to 70 degrees.
For targets on land, the Sukhoi could be equipped with H-31P missiles with a cruising range of 100 km or with H-31A anti-craft missiles capable of reaching targets as far as 50 km.
With a capacity of holding 6,000 kg of fuel, the jet-fighter is able to conduct a petrol flight as far as 1,500 kilometers for four hours from the base.
All of the arms systems constitute the deadliest air weaponry system at present, which are reportedly more reliable than Israel's Python or AIM-9L/M Sidewinder often used in the West. (T.A014/A/HAJM/16:05/a014) (T.A014/A/A014/A/A014) 19-04-2008 16:26:23
RI TO SEND MORE PEACEKEEPERS TO LEBANON, SUDAN
By Andi Abdussalam
Jakarta, March 16 (ANTARA) - As part of its efforts to help maintain peace in the world, Indonesia has decided to send more security personnel to join the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon and Sudan.
The Indonesian government made the decision when President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono held bilateral talks Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora and Sudanese President Omer Hassan Ahmed Al Bashir during the 11th Summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference in Dakar, Senegal, on March 13-14, 2008.
Indonesia will send at least 90 military police personnel to Lebanon and 140 civilian police to Sudan to help maintain peace in Darfur.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said his government would send 90 military police personnel to Lebanon in addition to the 850 infantry troopers already assigned there to maintain peace in that country.
In November 2007, the Indonesian government sent the Garuda XXIII-B military contingent there as part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil).
The 850-strong contingent led by Lt Col Djoko Sudiono consists of joint military personnel from the three services in the TNI, the Defense Ministry and the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
The Indonesian contingent consists of 528 personnel from the Army, 242 personnel from the Navy, 60 personnel from the Air Force, 16 personnel from TNI Headquarters, one from the Defense Ministry and three from the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
Konga XXIII-B replaced Konga XXIII-A that had been assigned in Lebanon to help maintain peace for one year.
The president made the statement in a press conference on the results of his meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora on the sidelines of the OIC summit.
"I have agreed to meet the United Nations request to send 90 military police in addition to the 850 infantry personnel already assigned there," President Yudhoyono said.
Indonesia is always open to request for additional peacekeeping forces provided that they were under the UN peacekeeping mission and designed to prevent fresh fightings.
"We are ready to help prevent a new Israeli attack such as what happened in 2006," the president said. The Indonesian government remained fully committed to supporting Lebanese sovereignty and hoped that all sorts of violence would be ended.
Lebanon fought Islamists in the north of the country for weeks last year. The Unifil force has been greatly expanded since the 2006 outbreak of war between Lebanon's Hezbollah fighters and Israel.
The Unifil force has been deployed in Lebanon since 1978 and at least 13,000 soldiers, including contingents from France, Spain, Italy and India, have been deployed under the UN interim force.
Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, sent the 850 troops to the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon last year to enforce a cease-fire between Israel and the armed group Hezbollah.
Sudan
In the meantime, Sudan has also asked Indonesia to double its small contribution in the predominantly African hybrid peacekeeping force under the United Nations aegis in Darfur.
Indonesia will deploy 140 civilian police to a 26,000 joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force, which, if fully deployed, would be the world's largest operation of its kind to help end five years of rape and slaughter in the vast Sudanese desert.
"Sudan wants Indonesia to play more roles in peacekeeping efforts in Darfur," President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said after the closing of the OIC summit. Earlier, Yudhoyono had met his Sudanese counterpart Omer Hassan Ahmed Al Bashir.
The Indonesian government is preparing 140 police personnel to be assigned in Darfur. "But Sudan has asked for 140 more," Yudhoyono said.
Indonesia's decision to send civilian police personnel came as nations offered their security personnel to join the Darfur peacekeeping efforts. France and Denmark have also offered to contribute to a joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force for Darfur.
Yudhoyono said the Indonesian government was happy to play a role in the peacekeeping effort as long as its forces were placed under the United Nations peacekeeping force.
Indonesia fully believed that the Sudanese government was able to resolve the conflicts in Darfur and hoped that the overall solutions taken to create peace would really bring betterment to the Sudanese people.
Sudan had resisted a push for U.N. peacekeepers to replace the overwhelmed African Union force now in Darfur, where 200,000 people have died and 2.5 million have been displaced.
Acceptance of the new 26,000-strong force marked a major turnaround for Sudanese President Omer Al Bashir's government, which had resisted for months a push to send U.N. peacekeepers to the western Darfur region. (T.A014/A/HNG/A/E002) (T.A014/A/A014/A/E002) 16-03-2008 23:03:15
Jakarta, March 16 (ANTARA) - As part of its efforts to help maintain peace in the world, Indonesia has decided to send more security personnel to join the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon and Sudan.
The Indonesian government made the decision when President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono held bilateral talks Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora and Sudanese President Omer Hassan Ahmed Al Bashir during the 11th Summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference in Dakar, Senegal, on March 13-14, 2008.
Indonesia will send at least 90 military police personnel to Lebanon and 140 civilian police to Sudan to help maintain peace in Darfur.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said his government would send 90 military police personnel to Lebanon in addition to the 850 infantry troopers already assigned there to maintain peace in that country.
In November 2007, the Indonesian government sent the Garuda XXIII-B military contingent there as part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil).
The 850-strong contingent led by Lt Col Djoko Sudiono consists of joint military personnel from the three services in the TNI, the Defense Ministry and the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
The Indonesian contingent consists of 528 personnel from the Army, 242 personnel from the Navy, 60 personnel from the Air Force, 16 personnel from TNI Headquarters, one from the Defense Ministry and three from the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
Konga XXIII-B replaced Konga XXIII-A that had been assigned in Lebanon to help maintain peace for one year.
The president made the statement in a press conference on the results of his meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora on the sidelines of the OIC summit.
"I have agreed to meet the United Nations request to send 90 military police in addition to the 850 infantry personnel already assigned there," President Yudhoyono said.
Indonesia is always open to request for additional peacekeeping forces provided that they were under the UN peacekeeping mission and designed to prevent fresh fightings.
"We are ready to help prevent a new Israeli attack such as what happened in 2006," the president said. The Indonesian government remained fully committed to supporting Lebanese sovereignty and hoped that all sorts of violence would be ended.
Lebanon fought Islamists in the north of the country for weeks last year. The Unifil force has been greatly expanded since the 2006 outbreak of war between Lebanon's Hezbollah fighters and Israel.
The Unifil force has been deployed in Lebanon since 1978 and at least 13,000 soldiers, including contingents from France, Spain, Italy and India, have been deployed under the UN interim force.
Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, sent the 850 troops to the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon last year to enforce a cease-fire between Israel and the armed group Hezbollah.
Sudan
In the meantime, Sudan has also asked Indonesia to double its small contribution in the predominantly African hybrid peacekeeping force under the United Nations aegis in Darfur.
Indonesia will deploy 140 civilian police to a 26,000 joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force, which, if fully deployed, would be the world's largest operation of its kind to help end five years of rape and slaughter in the vast Sudanese desert.
"Sudan wants Indonesia to play more roles in peacekeeping efforts in Darfur," President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said after the closing of the OIC summit. Earlier, Yudhoyono had met his Sudanese counterpart Omer Hassan Ahmed Al Bashir.
The Indonesian government is preparing 140 police personnel to be assigned in Darfur. "But Sudan has asked for 140 more," Yudhoyono said.
Indonesia's decision to send civilian police personnel came as nations offered their security personnel to join the Darfur peacekeeping efforts. France and Denmark have also offered to contribute to a joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force for Darfur.
Yudhoyono said the Indonesian government was happy to play a role in the peacekeeping effort as long as its forces were placed under the United Nations peacekeeping force.
Indonesia fully believed that the Sudanese government was able to resolve the conflicts in Darfur and hoped that the overall solutions taken to create peace would really bring betterment to the Sudanese people.
Sudan had resisted a push for U.N. peacekeepers to replace the overwhelmed African Union force now in Darfur, where 200,000 people have died and 2.5 million have been displaced.
Acceptance of the new 26,000-strong force marked a major turnaround for Sudanese President Omer Al Bashir's government, which had resisted for months a push to send U.N. peacekeepers to the western Darfur region. (T.A014/A/HNG/A/E002) (T.A014/A/A014/A/E002) 16-03-2008 23:03:15
INDONESIA TO GROUND AGING MILITARY ARMAMENTS
By Andi Abdussalam
Jakarta, Feb 6 (ANTARA) - Indonesia, which was affected by a military embargo by the United States some time in the past, has decided to ground its aging military armaments.
As almost 70 percent of its armaments are now aging, the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) will soon put to rest a number of its obsolete main armaments, including planes, ships and helicopters aged more than 30 years.
"We will ground our aging armament made in the 1960s. But we will make inventories of and check them again," TNI Chief Gen Djoko Santoso said after a limited meeting with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
The government's decision to ground the aging weaponry system followed several accidents that befell a number of TNI soldiers who used outdated military equipment, including aircraft and other vehicles.
"The conditions of the TNI's arsenal system are worrying. Many of the armaments are aging and this needs to be discussed comprehensively," Theo L Sambuaga, chairman of the House of Representatives (DPR)'s Commission I, which deals with defense, said.
He said that the house will propose to the government to hold a consultative meeting to discuss the procurement and replacement of the military's aging armaments.
Of late, several accidents have befallen a number of TNI personnel who used aging equipment. The saddening condition also happened with the marines' Russian-made amphibious armored vehicle 'AL BTR-50P' which sank in East Java's waters and killed six marines last week.
Just look at a Nomad P837-833 which crashed in Sabang, Aceh province recently. The aircraft was made in Australia in 1985 with an engine manufactured in the United States. With the ability to fly at an altitude of 10,000 feet, the aircraft of that type is no longer produced in Australia while Indonesia is still using it despite the fact that its spare-parts in Australia are almost no longer available.
Since the 1980s, there has been no significant regeneration in TNI's weaponry system. Since the United States imposed a military embargo on Indonesia, the TNI strength can no longer be said superior if compared with its condition in the 1960s.
The TNI headquarters said that about 70 percent of TNI's weaponry were over 20 years old and now is the time for their replacement.
At present the TNI's Alutsista (main equipment of the arsenal system) which are ready to be operated are only about 40-70 percent of the ideal need. Most of the TNI's Alutsista are left-over of the procurement conducted in the 1960s, 1980s and that of the 1990 to 2000 period.
"In the Army for example, of the 872 combat vehicles of various types only about 71.79 percent are ready to be operated. There are as well 25,716 motor vehicles of various types, but only about 85,04 percent are ready for operations. Besides, of the 61 aircraft in the Army, only about 53.51 percent are operational," said TNI Spokesman Rear Marshel Saom Tamboen.
The same condition also happened in the Navy. Of the 133 warships it has, only about 50.82 percent are ready for operations. Likewise, of its 453 marine vehicles, only about 36.09 percent are ready to be used. Of the Navy's 71 aircraft, only about 52 percent are ready for operations.
In the meantime, the Air Force has 251 aircraft of which only about 45.82 percent can be operated. It has 16 radars but only 18.75 percent are ready for operations.
According to Theo L Sambuaga, the government and the House need to discuss the worrying conditions of the military aging weaponry. After all, the government's military budget is limited.
Therefore, the House Commission I has plans to hold a consultation meeting with the government. "We need to meet and discuss a way out how to develop and modernize the TNI's arsenal system effectively and efficiently based on the available budget," he said.
On the government's decision to decommission all aging military equipment, Theo said the government should be consistent with its plan to modernize the TNI in accordance with the available budget.
"I basically agree with the proposal (to decommission old military hardware) but it should be carried out after a comprehensive audit on the conditions of the old equipment. Not all of the old hardware should be grounded," Sambuaga said.
In the meantime, Theo's lawmaker colleague Andreas H Pareira of the Commission I suggested a number of strategic steps the government could take in renovating the TNI's military equipment.
He said the government should make inventories of all outdated equipment in the three armed services and then write them off or put them to use for other purposes.
"We can see a good example in East Europe where people transformed obsolete armored vehicles into farm tractors. We are an agrarian country," he said.
The third step the government could take, he said, was to adjust the need for military hardware to the TNI's posture and planning.
"So, let us not just make reactive statements, much less overdue statements. We should begin talking based on mature and rational planning which will benefit the state," he said.
He was referring to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's statement to ground the aging armaments after several incidents took place.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been too late in responding to the use of obsolete military equipment because he did so only after a few accidents had taken the lives of a number of servicemen, he said.
Yudhoyono, as reported earlier, suggested that aging military equipment should no longer be used for security and safety reasons.
"The direction of the government is clear enough. Some time ago the government and the military issued a decision that outdated armament should no longer be used," the president said.
He affirmed that a number of old armaments like Hercules C-130 and amphibious tanks would no longer be used.
"We have decided and instructed the military (TNI) not to use aging armaments," the president said. (T.A014/A/HAJM/B003) 2. 21:25. (T.A014/A/A014/B003) 06-02-2008 22:40:08
Jakarta, Feb 6 (ANTARA) - Indonesia, which was affected by a military embargo by the United States some time in the past, has decided to ground its aging military armaments.
As almost 70 percent of its armaments are now aging, the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) will soon put to rest a number of its obsolete main armaments, including planes, ships and helicopters aged more than 30 years.
"We will ground our aging armament made in the 1960s. But we will make inventories of and check them again," TNI Chief Gen Djoko Santoso said after a limited meeting with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
The government's decision to ground the aging weaponry system followed several accidents that befell a number of TNI soldiers who used outdated military equipment, including aircraft and other vehicles.
"The conditions of the TNI's arsenal system are worrying. Many of the armaments are aging and this needs to be discussed comprehensively," Theo L Sambuaga, chairman of the House of Representatives (DPR)'s Commission I, which deals with defense, said.
He said that the house will propose to the government to hold a consultative meeting to discuss the procurement and replacement of the military's aging armaments.
Of late, several accidents have befallen a number of TNI personnel who used aging equipment. The saddening condition also happened with the marines' Russian-made amphibious armored vehicle 'AL BTR-50P' which sank in East Java's waters and killed six marines last week.
Just look at a Nomad P837-833 which crashed in Sabang, Aceh province recently. The aircraft was made in Australia in 1985 with an engine manufactured in the United States. With the ability to fly at an altitude of 10,000 feet, the aircraft of that type is no longer produced in Australia while Indonesia is still using it despite the fact that its spare-parts in Australia are almost no longer available.
Since the 1980s, there has been no significant regeneration in TNI's weaponry system. Since the United States imposed a military embargo on Indonesia, the TNI strength can no longer be said superior if compared with its condition in the 1960s.
The TNI headquarters said that about 70 percent of TNI's weaponry were over 20 years old and now is the time for their replacement.
At present the TNI's Alutsista (main equipment of the arsenal system) which are ready to be operated are only about 40-70 percent of the ideal need. Most of the TNI's Alutsista are left-over of the procurement conducted in the 1960s, 1980s and that of the 1990 to 2000 period.
"In the Army for example, of the 872 combat vehicles of various types only about 71.79 percent are ready to be operated. There are as well 25,716 motor vehicles of various types, but only about 85,04 percent are ready for operations. Besides, of the 61 aircraft in the Army, only about 53.51 percent are operational," said TNI Spokesman Rear Marshel Saom Tamboen.
The same condition also happened in the Navy. Of the 133 warships it has, only about 50.82 percent are ready for operations. Likewise, of its 453 marine vehicles, only about 36.09 percent are ready to be used. Of the Navy's 71 aircraft, only about 52 percent are ready for operations.
In the meantime, the Air Force has 251 aircraft of which only about 45.82 percent can be operated. It has 16 radars but only 18.75 percent are ready for operations.
According to Theo L Sambuaga, the government and the House need to discuss the worrying conditions of the military aging weaponry. After all, the government's military budget is limited.
Therefore, the House Commission I has plans to hold a consultation meeting with the government. "We need to meet and discuss a way out how to develop and modernize the TNI's arsenal system effectively and efficiently based on the available budget," he said.
On the government's decision to decommission all aging military equipment, Theo said the government should be consistent with its plan to modernize the TNI in accordance with the available budget.
"I basically agree with the proposal (to decommission old military hardware) but it should be carried out after a comprehensive audit on the conditions of the old equipment. Not all of the old hardware should be grounded," Sambuaga said.
In the meantime, Theo's lawmaker colleague Andreas H Pareira of the Commission I suggested a number of strategic steps the government could take in renovating the TNI's military equipment.
He said the government should make inventories of all outdated equipment in the three armed services and then write them off or put them to use for other purposes.
"We can see a good example in East Europe where people transformed obsolete armored vehicles into farm tractors. We are an agrarian country," he said.
The third step the government could take, he said, was to adjust the need for military hardware to the TNI's posture and planning.
"So, let us not just make reactive statements, much less overdue statements. We should begin talking based on mature and rational planning which will benefit the state," he said.
He was referring to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's statement to ground the aging armaments after several incidents took place.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been too late in responding to the use of obsolete military equipment because he did so only after a few accidents had taken the lives of a number of servicemen, he said.
Yudhoyono, as reported earlier, suggested that aging military equipment should no longer be used for security and safety reasons.
"The direction of the government is clear enough. Some time ago the government and the military issued a decision that outdated armament should no longer be used," the president said.
He affirmed that a number of old armaments like Hercules C-130 and amphibious tanks would no longer be used.
"We have decided and instructed the military (TNI) not to use aging armaments," the president said. (T.A014/A/HAJM/B003) 2. 21:25. (T.A014/A/A014/B003) 06-02-2008 22:40:08
ILLEGAL ARMS PLOT IN US HAS NO LINK WITH RI MILITARY
By Andi Abdussalam
Jakarta, Oct 9 (ANTARA) - The involvement of an Indonesian retired military officer in an arms smuggling conspiracy in the United States has raised concern as the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) might be accused of having a link with the retired serviceman.
Amidst reports about the involvement of four Indonesians in the arms conspiracy, the TNI leaders stepped forward quickly to explain that the TNI had no link whatsoever with the retired admiral who was arrested early this month for allegedly conspiring to sell arms and equipment to Sri Lanka rebels and Indonesian customers.
TNI spokesman Rear Admiral M. Sunarto Sjoekronoputro said that Erick Wotulo, 60, who was arrested in the U.S. territory of Guam, along with another Indonesian and two foreigners, had acted on his own.
The Defense Ministry also denied any link saying that Erick Wotulo was not its partner for weaponry purchases.
"He is a retired officer and we have no link with him, with regard to arms purchases for TNI's weaponry system," Director General of Defense Facilities of the Defense Ministry, Rear Marshal Slamet Prihantino said.
In the meantime, Vice President Jusuf Kalla also expressed the same view saying that the case of arms smuggling in the US involving four Indonesians, including retired brigadier general Erick Wotulo was the responsiblity of the persons concerned.
"The government cannot control everyone. So (Erick's case) is his personal responsibility," the vice president said.
Four Indonesian citizens being held in Guam on charges of selling illegal arms to Tamil Tiger fighters in Sri Lanka, will this week be transferred to Baltimore in the US State of Maryland, for further trials.
"The four detainees have agreed to undergo court proceedings in Baltimore because they bought the arms there," Cicilia Rusdiharini, Indonesian consular official in Los Angeles said on Friday.
The four Indonesians were Erick Wotulo (60), Subandi (60), Reinhard Rusli (34) and Helmi Soedirdja, along with Haniffa bin Osman (55) from Singapore and Thirunavukarasu Varatharasa (36) of Sri Lanka. They were now detained for the alleged conspiracy.
According to the Washington Post, the suspects are accused of arranging, during negotiations that accelerated in April, for a $900,000 shipment of arms to be delivered at international waters in the Indian Ocean.
The shipment was to be received by members of the violent separatist group, which the United States has designated as an terrorist organization since 1997.
Mark J. Bastan, special agent in charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Baltimore office, said at a news conference that the shoulder-fired missiles, grenade launchers, machine guns and other weapons amounted to "an arsenal of U.S. military hardware -- enough to inflict serious casualties on any military force, let alone a civilian population."
The indictment unsealed accuses Indonesian nationals Erick Wotulo and Haji Subandi of conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist organization, conspiring to export arms without a required State Department license, and money laundering.
A related criminal complaint filed in Guam charges Thirunavukarasu Varatharasa, 36, a citizen of Sri Lanka, of participating in the alleged conspiracy to export arms.
Subandi is also charged in a separate complaint, along with two other Indonesian nationals, with conspiring to ship state-of the-art night vision goggles to Indonesia without the necessary State Department approvals.
Authorities said Subandi described the other defendants -- Reinhard Rusli, 34, and Helmi Soedirdja, 33 -- as his financial partners in the transactions.
The six persons, arrested in Guam, were believed to be brokers acting between an arms factory and the Tamil Tigers, a group so far considered a terrorist group by the US government.
They were captured in an undercover operation involving officers pretending to be arms brokers. If they were found guilty of conspiracy in the export of weapons, ammunition and support equipment to terrorists they could be sentenced up to 20 years in prison and fined up to US$500,000.
Haniffa bin Osman, Erick Wotulo, Haji Subandi and Thirunavukarasu were believed to have engaged in a conspiracy in the shipment of latest light firearms and military equipment to the Tamil Tigers.
Several times in May, Subandi sent various combat equipment such as special force weapons, helicopter parts, sonar technology equipment to undercover customs and immigration officers.
He also sent a list of 53 military weapons including machine and sniper's guns needed by Tamil Tigers, a US justice department says.
TNI Chief Marshal Djoko Suyanto said that Erick, who began his military carrier as a marine amphibious reconnaissance tank company commandant, was not a TNI partner for arms purchases. "What is clear is that he is not a TNI partner. But we will investigate the case," he added.
But the ministry of defense would not recheck the existence of the man who was born in North Sulawesi 59 years ago, because he was not listed as its partner for weaponry purchases.
"We fully leave the case to the U.S. government because it was the US government who arrested him and will investigate him further. What is clear is that we will not conduct a recheck because Erick was never registered as a partner," he said.
Slamet Prihantino said that the ministry of defense had so far purchased arms for the development of TNI's weaponry system through an export credit while the small scale procurement of arms for strength development had been carried out directly by the TNI headquarters.
According to Vice President Jusuf Kalla, the country's population now reached around 220 million so that it was impossible for the government to control each person.
He said however that the Indonesian consulate general in Los Angeles had been asked to provide Erick with legal or other necessary aid. (T.A014/A/HNG/M016) (T.A014/A/A014/M016) 08-10-2006 22:01:12
Jakarta, Oct 9 (ANTARA) - The involvement of an Indonesian retired military officer in an arms smuggling conspiracy in the United States has raised concern as the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) might be accused of having a link with the retired serviceman.
Amidst reports about the involvement of four Indonesians in the arms conspiracy, the TNI leaders stepped forward quickly to explain that the TNI had no link whatsoever with the retired admiral who was arrested early this month for allegedly conspiring to sell arms and equipment to Sri Lanka rebels and Indonesian customers.
TNI spokesman Rear Admiral M. Sunarto Sjoekronoputro said that Erick Wotulo, 60, who was arrested in the U.S. territory of Guam, along with another Indonesian and two foreigners, had acted on his own.
The Defense Ministry also denied any link saying that Erick Wotulo was not its partner for weaponry purchases.
"He is a retired officer and we have no link with him, with regard to arms purchases for TNI's weaponry system," Director General of Defense Facilities of the Defense Ministry, Rear Marshal Slamet Prihantino said.
In the meantime, Vice President Jusuf Kalla also expressed the same view saying that the case of arms smuggling in the US involving four Indonesians, including retired brigadier general Erick Wotulo was the responsiblity of the persons concerned.
"The government cannot control everyone. So (Erick's case) is his personal responsibility," the vice president said.
Four Indonesian citizens being held in Guam on charges of selling illegal arms to Tamil Tiger fighters in Sri Lanka, will this week be transferred to Baltimore in the US State of Maryland, for further trials.
"The four detainees have agreed to undergo court proceedings in Baltimore because they bought the arms there," Cicilia Rusdiharini, Indonesian consular official in Los Angeles said on Friday.
The four Indonesians were Erick Wotulo (60), Subandi (60), Reinhard Rusli (34) and Helmi Soedirdja, along with Haniffa bin Osman (55) from Singapore and Thirunavukarasu Varatharasa (36) of Sri Lanka. They were now detained for the alleged conspiracy.
According to the Washington Post, the suspects are accused of arranging, during negotiations that accelerated in April, for a $900,000 shipment of arms to be delivered at international waters in the Indian Ocean.
The shipment was to be received by members of the violent separatist group, which the United States has designated as an terrorist organization since 1997.
Mark J. Bastan, special agent in charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Baltimore office, said at a news conference that the shoulder-fired missiles, grenade launchers, machine guns and other weapons amounted to "an arsenal of U.S. military hardware -- enough to inflict serious casualties on any military force, let alone a civilian population."
The indictment unsealed accuses Indonesian nationals Erick Wotulo and Haji Subandi of conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist organization, conspiring to export arms without a required State Department license, and money laundering.
A related criminal complaint filed in Guam charges Thirunavukarasu Varatharasa, 36, a citizen of Sri Lanka, of participating in the alleged conspiracy to export arms.
Subandi is also charged in a separate complaint, along with two other Indonesian nationals, with conspiring to ship state-of the-art night vision goggles to Indonesia without the necessary State Department approvals.
Authorities said Subandi described the other defendants -- Reinhard Rusli, 34, and Helmi Soedirdja, 33 -- as his financial partners in the transactions.
The six persons, arrested in Guam, were believed to be brokers acting between an arms factory and the Tamil Tigers, a group so far considered a terrorist group by the US government.
They were captured in an undercover operation involving officers pretending to be arms brokers. If they were found guilty of conspiracy in the export of weapons, ammunition and support equipment to terrorists they could be sentenced up to 20 years in prison and fined up to US$500,000.
Haniffa bin Osman, Erick Wotulo, Haji Subandi and Thirunavukarasu were believed to have engaged in a conspiracy in the shipment of latest light firearms and military equipment to the Tamil Tigers.
Several times in May, Subandi sent various combat equipment such as special force weapons, helicopter parts, sonar technology equipment to undercover customs and immigration officers.
He also sent a list of 53 military weapons including machine and sniper's guns needed by Tamil Tigers, a US justice department says.
TNI Chief Marshal Djoko Suyanto said that Erick, who began his military carrier as a marine amphibious reconnaissance tank company commandant, was not a TNI partner for arms purchases. "What is clear is that he is not a TNI partner. But we will investigate the case," he added.
But the ministry of defense would not recheck the existence of the man who was born in North Sulawesi 59 years ago, because he was not listed as its partner for weaponry purchases.
"We fully leave the case to the U.S. government because it was the US government who arrested him and will investigate him further. What is clear is that we will not conduct a recheck because Erick was never registered as a partner," he said.
Slamet Prihantino said that the ministry of defense had so far purchased arms for the development of TNI's weaponry system through an export credit while the small scale procurement of arms for strength development had been carried out directly by the TNI headquarters.
According to Vice President Jusuf Kalla, the country's population now reached around 220 million so that it was impossible for the government to control each person.
He said however that the Indonesian consulate general in Los Angeles had been asked to provide Erick with legal or other necessary aid. (T.A014/A/HNG/M016) (T.A014/A/A014/M016) 08-10-2006 22:01:12
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