INDONESIA: 1997 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT

S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 02 JAKARTA 006773


DEPARTMENT FOR S/CT FOR REAP

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/16/02
TAGS: PTER PREL ID
SUBJECT: INDONESIA: 1997 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT

REF: A) STATE 203771, B) 1996 JAKARTA 7841


1. (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL COUNSELOR ED MCWILLIAMS;
REASON 1.5(D)


2. (U) FORMAT FOR THIS MESSAGE WAS DERIVED FROM REF A.


A. RESPONSE OF THE INDONESIAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM TO ACTS
OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF
DOMESTIC TERRORISM DURING 1997:
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3. (U) THE GOI JUDICIAL SYSTEM WAS NOT CONFRONTED WITH
ANY ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM DURING 1997. IT
WAS, HOWEVER, CONFRONTED WITH INCIDENTS WHICH FALL INTO
REF A'S DESCRIPTION OF "DOMESTIC TERRORISM:"
"PREMEDITATED, POLITICALLY MOTIVATED VIOLENCE
PERPETRATED AGAINST NON-COMBATANT TARGETS BY SUB-
NATIONAL GROUPS OR CLANDESTINE STATE AGENTS."


4. (U) IN EAST TIMOR, NON-COMBATANTS WERE TARGETS OF
POLITICALLY MOTIVATED VIOLENCE CARRIED OUT BOTH BY
SUBNATIONAL GROUPS OF ANTI-INTEGRATIONIST EAST TIMORESE
AND MILITARY-BACKED PRO-INTEGRATIONIST GROUPS ("GARDA
PAKSI" AND OTHERS). THE GOI POLICE/MILITARY AND
JUDICIAL SYSTEM HAS SOUGHT TO APPREHEND AND PROSECUTE
ANTI-INTEGRATIONIST ELEMENTS ACCUSED OF ATTACKS ON NON-
COMBATANTS (AND COMBATANTS). IT CURRENTLY HAS DETAINED
AND IS PREPARING CASES AGAINST TWO PERSONS WHOM IT HAS
ALLEGED ARE TERRORISTS BECAUSE OF THEIR ATTEMPTS TO
SMUGGLE MUNITIONS INTO EAST TIMOR. THE GOI IS SEEKING
THE SURRENDER FROM REFUGE IN THE AUSTRIAN EMBASSY OF TWO
OTHERS IT ALLEGES ARE INVOLVED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
THOSE MUNITIONS (BOMBS) WHICH IT CLAIMS WERE TO BE USED
BY ARMED ANTI-INTEGRATIONIST FORCES IN EAST TIMOR.


5. (U) THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT KNOWN TO HAVE BROUGHT TO
TRIAL ANY OF THE MILITARY-BACKED CLANDESTINE STATE
AGENTS (GARDA PAKSI AND OTHERS) WHO ARE ALLEGED BY
VARIOUS DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS OBSERVER
ORGANIZATIONS TO HAVE TARGETED NON-COMBATANT EAST
TIMORESE WHO OPPOSE EAST TIMOR'S INTEGRATION INTO
INDONESIA.


B. GOI EXTRADITION OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS FOR
PROSECUTION DURING 1997 OR ASSISTANCE IN RESPONSE TO
U.S. REQUESTS IN TERRORIST CASES:
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6. (S) THE GOI HAS COOPERATED IN ASSEMBLING WITNESSES
AND EVIDENCE INVOLVED IN U.S. PROSECUTION OF THE ALLEGED
PERPETRATOR OF A 1986 ATTACK ON THE U.S. EMBASSY IN
JAKARTA. THIS COOPERATION, WHICH BEGAN IN 1996, HAS
CONTINUED IN 1997 (SEE REF B). (THE ACCUSED WAS
CONVICTED IN U.S. FEDERAL COURT IN NOVEMBER, 1997.)


C. IMPEDIMENTS TO HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTION AND/OR
EXTRADITION OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS:
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7. (S) DESPITE THE ABSENCE OF A FORMAL EXTRADITION
TREATY BETWEEN THE U.S. AND INDONESIA, AND SOME
CONSTRAINTS RELATED TO EXTRADITION CONTAINED IN
INDONESIAN LAW, THE GOI HAS COOPERATED WITH THE UNITED
STATES IN SUPPORT OF PROSECUTION OF A RECENT COURT CASE
(PARA 6). (NOTE: THE QUESTION OF EXTRADITION OF THE
ACCUSED FROM INDONESIAN TERRITORY DID NOT ARISE IN THAT
CASE AS THE ACCUSED WAS ARRESTED OUTSIDE OF INDONESIA.
END NOTE)


D. INDONESIAN RESPONSES OTHER THAN PROSECUTION OF
TERRORIST INCIDENTS:
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8. (C) INDONESIA, WHICH HAS SIGNED FOUR OF THE 10 KEY
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM CONVENTIONS, HAS A CONSISTENT
RECORD OF COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER
GOVERNMENTS IN FIGHTING TERRORISM. IN RESPONSE TO A
JOINT DEMARCHE BY G-7 CHIEFS OF MISSION (PLUS RUSSIA),
LED BY THE UNITED STATES IN JULY, THE FOREIGN MINISTER
PLEDGED TO CONSIDER HOW INDONESIA COULD MOVE FORWARD
TOWARD SIGNING THE SIX CONVENTIONS IT HAD NOT YET
SIGNED.


E. MAJOR COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS UNDERTAKEN BY THE GOI
IN 1997:
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9. (U) NONE.


F. HOST GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM,
TERRORISTS OR TERRORIST GROUPS, INCLUDING POLITICAL AND
FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT THROUGH
DIPLOMATIC RECOGNITION:
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10. (U) INDONESIA HAS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS, INCLUDING
RECIPROCAL RESIDENT DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE, WITH ALL SEVEN
OF THOSE COUNTRIES CURRENTLY ON THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S
TERRORISM LIST: CUBA, IRAN, IRAQ, LIBYA, NORTH KOREA,
SYRIA AND SUDAN. GENERALLY, THE GOI HAS OPPOSED
SANCTIONS PROPOSED BY THE UNITED STATES AND OTHERS IN
INTERNATIONAL FORA WHICH TARGET THESE SEVEN GOVERNMENTS
FOR TERRORIST ACTIVITIES.


G. GOI PUBLIC STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF A TERRORIST-
SUPPORTING COUNTRY ON A TERRORISM ISSUE:
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11. (U) THE GOI OCCASIONALLY IS CRITICAL OF SANCTIONS
IMPOSED ON OTHER STATES FOR TERRORIST ACTIVITIES OR
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. NEVERTHELESS, THE GOI IS IN
COMPLIANCE WITH ANTI-TERRORISM INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS.


H. SIGNIFICANT CHANGE SINCE 1996 IN THE GOI'S ATTITUDE
TOWARD TERRORISM, INTERNATIONAL OR DOMESTIC:
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12. (U) NONE.


I. U.S. COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS AND INITIATIVES WITH
RESPECT TO THE GOI:
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13. (C) AS NOTED IN PARA 8, THE GOI WELCOMED AND
PLEDGED TO SEEK ACTION ON A G-7 PLUS RUSSIA INITIATIVE
WHICH ENCOURAGED ALL GOVERNMENTS WHICH HAD NOT RATIFIED
ALL OF THE TEN PRINCIPAL COUNTERTERRORISM CONVENTIONS TO
DO SO.



J. GOI COOPERATION IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS IN THE
INVESTIGATION OR PROSECUTION OF AN ACT OF INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM AGAINST UNITED STATES CITIZENS OR INTERESTS:
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14. (S) AS NOTED IN PARAS 6 AND 7, THE GOI CONTINUES TO
COOPERATE WITH THE U.S. IN ASSEMBLING WITNESSES AND
EVIDENCE IN A CASE INVOLVING A 1986 TERRORIST ATTACK ON
THE U.S. EMBASSY IN JAKARTA. THE GOI GENERALLY HAS
RESPONDED QUICKLY AND APPROPRIATELY TO THREATS POSED BY
DEMONSTRATORS TARGETING THE U.S. EMBASSY.


K. GOI COOPERATION IN THE PREVENTION OF AN ACT OF
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AGAINST U.S. CITIZENS OR
INTERESTS IN INDONESIA:
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15. (U) NO SUCH INCIDENT HAS ARISEN.


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