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Kopassus Not a Condition for Obama's Visit: US Embassy in Jakarta
Jakarta Globe | December 20, 2010

The Indonesian special forces, also known as Kopassus, shown in this file photo. Reports that Jakarta threatened to derail US President Barack Obama’s visit to the country unless the ban on military training for the Indonesian special forces was lifted have been denied by the Indonesian government. (JG Photo/ Yudhi Sukma Wijaya) The Indonesian special forces, also known as Kopassus, shown in this file photo. Reports that Jakarta threatened to derail US President Barack Obama’s visit to the country unless the ban on military training for the Indonesian special forces was lifted have been denied by the Indonesian government. (JG Photo/ Yudhi Sukma Wijaya)
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BilboBaggins
7:12pm Dec 21, 2010

Of course it's western, capitalist neocon, commie, fascist lies to discredit Indonesia.

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Jakarta. The US Embassy in Jakarta on Monday said that they cannot confirm the authenticity of the leaked US diplomatic cables made available by WikiLeaks to the Melbourne Age newspaper.

Reports that Jakarta threatened to derail US President Barack Obama’s visit to the country unless the ban on military training for the Indonesian special forces was lifted have been denied by the Indonesian government.

Based on US diplomatic cables made available by WikiLeaks, the Melbourne Age newspaper reported that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono privately told US officials the training ban was the “litmus test” of ties between the United States and Indonesia.

The ban was imposed in 1999 because of a long record of human rights abuses attributed to the special forces, or Kopassus, including killings in East Timor and Papua.

US embassy spokeswoman Corina Sanders told the Jakarta Globe that the embassy can confirm that Obama’s visit was made at the invitation of the Indonesian government and that the reengagement with the special forces, or Kopassus, was not a condition for Obama's visit.

“The decision to resume limited security cooperation with Kopassus is within the limits of US law and based on democratic changes in Indonesia and reforms in Kopassus," Sanders said.