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Indonesian Hotel Bombings and Obama Assassination Plot Confusion

Indonesian Hotel Bombings and Obama Assassination Plot Confusion

Today, the head of the Indonesian police, Chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri, stated that there was no assassination plot against Obama, contradicting August 20th statements by Indonesian Center for Intelligence and National Security analyst Dynno Chressbon.  Other analyst have been critical of  Chressbon’s contention that Jihadis had planned to assassinate Obama at the National Airport, because […]

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Top Avoids Death,San Suu Kyi Sentenced, And Other News

Top Avoids Death,San Suu Kyi Sentenced, And Other News

– South East Asia Times is reporting that the man killed in the Indonesian government’s  raid in central Java is not Noordin Mohammed Top.  The government will compare the DNA of the corpses of the man suspected of being Top to one of Top’s children, which may take up to two weeks.  This may be […]

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