US embassy cable - 97JAKARTA6773

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. 
 
 
ROY