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August 27, 2013

Rights Groups Decry Sale of U.S. Attack Helicopters to Indonesia 
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The Obama administration has agreed sell a new fleet of Apache attack
helicopters to "Indonesia."http://www.democracynow.org/topics/indonesia
The Indonesian military will receive eight helicopters in a deal valued
as much as $500 million. In a joint statement, the East Timor and
Indonesia Action Network and the West Papua Advocacy Team criticized the
White House, saying the helicopters will augment the Indonesian
military's capacity to attack Papuan civilians. The groups said: "The
sale demonstrates that U.S. concern for greater respect for human rights
and justice in Indonesia are nothing more than hollow rhetoric."

 

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