Why Is Australia Resuming Military Training with RI?
The Jakarta Post Tuesday, November 1, 2005 Why Is Australia Resuming Military Training with RI? Imanuddin Razak The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A number of “whys” immediately entered the minds of many Indonesians — and perhaps Australians as well — over a report last week that the Australian government intends to resume annual joint military training with Indonesia’s elite forces, Kopassus. Australian special forces are set to resume training with Kopassus more than five years after ties were suspended over allegations that the latter were behind human rights abuses in East Timor, the former name of Timor Leste. The Sydney Morning Herald said Kopassus commander Maj. Gen. Syaiful Rizal had confirmed that Kopassus troops were scheduled to undergo counterterrorism training with the Perth-based Special Air Services (SAS) regiment next April, and that Australian special forces would then carry out antiguerrilla training in Indonesian jungles. It’s hard to understand Australia’s decision to resu
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