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Indonesia Warns US Against Interference in Anti-Terror Effort
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=127D9EC:3919ACA It's best that you
leave main responsibility to local government in question, says
Indonesian defense minister Indonesia has warned the U.S. Secretary of
Defense Donald Rumsfeld that





US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, right, speaks as Indonesian
Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono looks on Tuesday June 6, 2006 in
JakartaWashington should not meddle in the way Asian governments are
conducting anti-terrorism efforts.  Rumsfeld is visiting Indonesia as
part of a three-nation tour to boost military ties and security
cooperation in the region.



The Indonesian Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono told Rumsfeld Tuesday
the United States should not impose the way it is conducting its war
on terror on other governments, including Indonesia.

"You're very powerful and all pervasive across the globe… so in the
application of security, including anti-terrorist laws, anti-terrorist
measures, its best that you leave the main responsibility…to the local
government in question," said Sudarsono.

Rumsfeld also met with the Indonesian president for talks on terrorism
and improving military ties.

Washington cut military ties Jakarta in 1999 over alleged human rights
violations by the Indonesian military.

But Indonesia has been hit by several bombings in recent years and has
become a key U.S. regional ally in the war on terror, prompting
Washington to lift restrictions on defense assistance last November.


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