Benernya TNI itu bagusnya dibubarkan saja.. Perang itu udah nggak ada gunanya selain buang-buang nyawa dan buang-buang duit...
--- In proletar@yahoogroups.com, "sunny" <am...@...> wrote: > > Refleksi : Bagaimana diselesaikan ataukah selesainya seperti kasus Bank > Century? > > http://www.antaranews.com/berita/1279798539/panglima-tni-persoalan-kopassus-selesai > > Panglima TNI: Persoalan Kopassus Selesai > Kamis, 22 Juli 2010 18:35 WIB | Peristiwa | Politik/Hankam | > Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Panglima TNI Jenderal TNI Djoko Santoso menyatakan, > persoalan pelanggaran Hak Asasi Manusia (HAM) oleh Komando Pasukan Khusus TNI > Angkatan Darat (Kopassus), sudah selesai. > > "Bagi TNI, persoalan dugaan pelanggaran HAM oleh Kopassus telah selesai," > katanya, di Jakarta, Kamis, menanggapi pembukaan kembali latihan bagi > Kopassus oleh Amerika Serikat (AS) yang disampaikan Menteri Pertahanan > Amerika Serikat (AS), Robert Gates, usai bertemu Presiden Susilo Bambang > Yudhoyono dan Menteri Pertahanan RI Purnomo Yusgiantoro. > > Ia mengatakan, sejak sepuluh tahun lebih TNI telah melakukan reformasi > internal di berbagai lini dan itu telah disampaikan di berbagai forum > internasional. "Misalnya, dalam pertemuan Panglima Angkatan Bersenjata > se-Asia Pasifik (Chief of Defence Conference/CHOD), kepercayaan yang > diberikan kepada TNI untuk ikut dalam Latihan Bersama Komando AS Kawasan Asia > Pasifik Cobra Gold, latihan misi perdamaian PBB Garuda Shield dan lainnya," > tutur Djoko. > > Tak hanya itu, TNI juga tetap menerima program-porogram pendidikan dan > latihan yang diberikan Komando AS di Asia Pasifik (USPACOM). "Tahun ini, ada > 107 program yang ditawarkan. Namun, biasanya kami hanya ambil sesuai > kebutuhan TNI," kata Panglima TNI. > > Djoko bahkan menegaskan, TNI juga telah memasukkan pendidikan HAM dalam > kurikulum di setiap jenjang pendidikan di TNI sehingga tidak ada lagi > prajurit TNI yang akan melanggar HAM dalam penungasannya, baik di daerah aman > maupun di daerah konflik. > > "Jadi, bagi TNI, persoalan Kopassus terkait pelanggaran HAM sudah selesai," > ujarnya. > > Pada kesempatan itu, Panglima TNI menyatakan, pihaknya menyambut positif > keputusan AS untuk memberikan kembali latihan bagi Kopassus. > > "Kami akan mempersiapkan dengan sebaik-baiknya, apalagi Kopassus merupakan > salah satu satuan khusus terbaik di dunia," ujarnya, usai mendampingi Menteri > Pertahanan Purnomo Yusgiantoro mengadakan pembicaraan bilateral dengan Menhan > Robert Gates. > (T.R018/P003) > ++++ > http://www.antaranews.com/berita/1279790766/as-apresiasi-reformasi-tni > AS Apresiasi Reformasi TNI > Kamis, 22 Juli 2010 16:26 WIB | Peristiwa | Politik/Hankam | > Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Pemerintah Amerika Serikat memberikan apresiasi atas > reformasi TNI yang berlangsung sejak beberapa tahun terakhir dan berharap > hubungan kerja sama militer kedua negara dapat meningkat. > > Menteri Pertahanan AS Robert Gates dalam keterangan pers usai bertemu > Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono di Istana Presiden Jakarta, Kamis siang, > mengatakan, sejumlah kebijakan yang diambil Kementerian Pertahanan RI atas > isu hak asasi manusia juga menjadi dasar pertimbangan keinginan peningkatan > kerja sama itu. > > "Dengan senang saya sampaikan kepada Presiden bahwa hasil reformasi militer > dalam beberapa dekade ini, profesionalisme TNI dan sejumlah kebijakan > Kementerian Pertahanan terhadap beberapa isu hak asasi manusia membuat AS > akan memulai program kerjasama keamanan dengan Pasukan Khusus Indonesia," > katanya. > > Gates menambahkan, peningkatan kerja sama juga akan diikuti dengan kelanjutan > reformasi TNI dan Kopassus dalam masa mendatang. > > "Kami mempertimbangkan pembangunan kerjasama militer kedua negara dan > hubungan yang lebih dekat dengan TNI dimasa yang akan datang," tegasnya. > > Robert Gates setelah bertemu Presiden kemudian menuju kementerian pertahanan > untuk pembicaraan bilateral dengan Menhan Purnomo Yusgiantoro. > > Sebelum bertemu Presiden Yudhoyono, Robert Gates mengadakan pertemuan > tertutup dengan Menteri Pertahanan Purnomo Yusgiantoro membahas berbagai hal, > terkait hubungan kedua negara terutama dalam bidang pertahanan dan keamanan, > di Kantor Kementerian Pertahanan, Jakarta. > > Dirjen Strategi Pertahanan Kementerian Pertahanan Mayjen TNI Syarifuddin > Tippe kepada ANTARA News mengatakan, tidak ada hal baru dalam pertemuan kedua > menteri pertahanan itu, selain membahas kembali kerja sama yang telah dijalin > kedua pihak dalam bidang pertahanan. > > "Tidak ada hal baru yang signifikan yang diajukan Amerika Serikat kepada > Indonesia, dalam kerangka kerja sama pertahanan kedua negara. Pembahasan > hanya berbicara seputar kerja sama yang telah dilaksanakan kedua pihak untuk > meningkatkan dan lebih memantapkan kerja sama pertahanan kedua negara," > ungkapnya. > > Sebelumnya, Pemerintah RI dan AS melalui kementerian pertahanan kedua negara > sepakat untuk menegaskan kembali kerja sama di bawah kerangka kemitraan > komprehensif serta penerapannya yang akan dituangkan dalam sebuah rencana > aksi. > > Kesepakatan itu tertuang dalam nota kerja sama bidang pertahanan antara > Kemenhan RI dengan Dephan AS yang memuat pengaturan kerangka kegiatan kerja > sama bidang pertahanan antara Kemenhan RI dengan Dephan AS, yang > ditandatangani pada Juni 2010. (T.P008*F008/A041/P00 > ++++ > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100722/ap_on_re_as/as_indonesia_us > US to resume ties with Indonesia's special forces > > a.. > AP - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, right, shakeS hands with > U.S. Defense Secretary Robert . > By NINIEK KARMINI, Associated Press Writer Niniek Karmini, Associated Press > Writer - 1 min ago > JAKARTA, Indonesia - The United States announced Thursday it will resume > cooperation with Indonesia's special forces after ties were severed more than > a decade ago over alleged human rights abuses by the commando unit. > > U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates made the announcement after meeting with > Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday in the capital of > Jakarta. Indonesia had said it wanted the United States to reconsider > resuming joint training. > > The decision will be seen as a victory for the Indonesian military, which has > said it made great strides in improving its human rights record. > > Indonesia's special forces were accused of major abuses through the 1990s in > the provinces of Papua and Aceh and the former Indonesian province of East > Timor, which has since become independent. The U.S. cut ties with the special > forces under a 1997 law that banned U.S. training for foreign military units > accused of human rights violations. The ban can be lifted if there have been > substantial measures to bring culprits to justice. > > "I was pleased to be able to tell the president that as a result of > Indonesian military reform over the past decade ... and recent actions taken > by the Ministry of Defense to address human rights issues, the United States > will begin measured and gradual programs of security cooperation activities > with the Indonesian Army Special Forces," Gates said at a news conference. > > "This initial step will take place within the limit of U.S. law and does not > signal any lessening of the importance we place on human rights and > accountability," he added. > > Yudhoyono guaranteed that there would be no more rights abuses by the > Indonesian military. > > "I'll guard the Indonesian military reform and ensure that what happened 10 > or 20 years ago will not happen again," the president was quoted as saying by > Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro, who also attended the meeting with > Gates. > > Washington severed all ties with the Indonesian military in 1999 after troops > rampaged through East Timor when it voted to secede from Indonesia. The U.S. > lifted that overall ban in 2005, but kept its restrictions against the > special forces - known as Kopassus. > > "Our ability to expand after this initial step will depend on continued > implementation of reforms with Kopassus and (the Indonesian military) as a > whole," Gates said. > > International rights groups have said members of Kopassus were linked to the > disappearance of student activists in 1997 and 1998 and were never held > accountable. > > But Gates said that he and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were both > convinced that rapprochement was "the right thing to do at this time." > > ___ > > Associated Press writer Joe Cochrane contributed to this report. > > ++++ > > http://www.ssrresourcecentre.org/2010/06/08/proposed-resumption-of-us-military-training-to-indonesia-draws-outrage-controversy/ > > Proposed resumption of US military training to Indonesia draws outrage, > controversy By: Jessica Teeple > | Indonesia | Jun 8, 2010 > President Obama is expected to travel to Indonesia in the near future to > discuss, among other topics, renewing US-backed military training for the > Indonesian special forces unit, the Kopassus ("Komando Pasukan Khusus" or > "Special Force Command"). Below are five key controversies that continually > appear in news reports and commentaries about this topic. > > Controversy #1: No legal accountability for past human rights violations. > > The Kopassus has not faced legal accountability for the many human rights > violations it has committed. Amnesty International USA reports that "despite > promises by the Indonesian government, despite repeated assurances by > Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during visits to the United > States, Kopassus officers involved in serious human rights crimes have never > been brought to legal accountability." The few soldiers who have faced > military tribunals have been reinstated into the ranks and promoted. > > Controversy #2: US law bans training the Kopassus. > > In the United States, the Leahy law enacted in 1997, bars US training of > foreign military units with a history of human rights violations. In 2005 > when then-President Bush looked to waive that ban to train Indonesian > military troops, the State Department's legal counsel ruled that the Leahy > law was still applicable and the training did not go forward. Now President > Obama is working to reverse the ban and train younger members of the > Kopassus. The Obama administration argues that this is acceptable because > young members did not play a part in past human rights violations. > > Controversy #3: Human rights violations are not a thing of the past. > > Recently, it was discovered that during 2009, the Indonesian armed forces > secretly assassinated a series of civilian activists. Reporter Allan Nairn, > who unearthed the story using official sources, is now facing possible arrest > in Jakarta for reporting the story. Given these recent events, no members of > the Kopassus can be considered exempt from human right violations now. > > Controversy #4: Indonesian counter-terrorism efforts will lose momentum. > > The US has applauded Indonesia's success in fighting terrorism, but it is the > police who perform the major role, not the military. The national coordinator > of the East Timor Action Network (ETAN), John M. Miller argues that "US > support for greater Indonesian military involvement [in counter-terrorism] > will only undercut the police, strengthen the military internal, territorial > role and further undermine reform." Miller also argues that US military > assistance will set back the small advancements in human rights and security > sector reform, especially military reform. > > Controversy #5: Obama has a special connection to Indonesia. > > Many people writing about the US resuming training of the Indonesian army > highlight that Obama's family links and his experience living in Indonesia > for a few years as a boy provide him with a special connection to Indonesia > and its people. But, they warn, Indonesia now is very different from the > Indonesia under Suharto he knew as a boy. Generally, it seems people are > worried that Obama's special connection to Indonesia will cloud his judgment > politically as he works to undo the Leahy law and resume training for the > Kopassus. > > Want to know more? Read Human Rights Watch's letter to Obama, read Kristen > Sundell's personal interaction with the Indonesian military, and browse the > East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (specifically here, here, and here). > > Tags: Indonesia, Kopassus, military training, Obama > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! 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