---------------------------------------------------------- Live and work in the USA legally: Register for the GREEN CARD LOTTERY! Visit http://www.us-immigration.org -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 Indonesia Daily News Online http://www.indo-news.com/ Free Email @KotakPos.com visit: http://my.kotakpos.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------- Antara, 7 September 2000 FOREIGN PARTY BEHIND ATAMBUA INCIDENT, SAYS OBSERVER Jakarta, Sept 7(ANTARA) - A noted military and political observer, Dr Salim Said, suspects that clandestine operations of a certain foreign party intent on discrediting Indonesia were behind the incident that caused the death of three UNHCR staffers in Atambua on Wednesday. "I suspect that a certain foreign party wants to embarrass President Abdurahman Wahid who is currently in New York to discuss issues relating to matters in East Timor- East Nusa Tenggara border regions," he said via phone here on Wednesday. He said the handling of security in the country should be further improved, thus giving a feeling of safety to the people, so that the international community had no reason to interfere in the internal affairs of Indonesia. Commenting on US President Clinton`s statement in an interview with CNN that the UN should participate in the handling of security in countries where riots continue to occur, Salim said he disagreed. But he said, even in the handling of internal security of Indonesia is still confronted with some obstacle, it does not mean that international side has the right to intervene in it without any request from Indonesia. "We are a sovereign and independent country. Is it true that we can not take such step in security ? Or all kind of riots have been orchestrated by a certain party that does not want to see an Indonesia capable of controlling its own border," he said. In the incident, three UNHCR staffers from Croatia, Ethiopia and Puerto Rico and two other civilian officials were killed, 60 other were severely injured, when a mob of East Timore militiamen attacked the UNHCR representative office in Atambua, Belu on Wednesday. (T.SP03/RSI-03/IAJM-00:20/RSI-03) 0709000059 NNNN ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 8 Sep 2000 jam 05:33:48 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
