[Prospero]

I appreciate the link. Still awestruck by the degree of destruction on Sumatra, apparently worse than Krakatau, I think the average American hadn't given much thought to Indonesia.

Having lived there, I knew, sooner or later, we'd have to become closer or become enemies. Isn't it the most populated nation with a Muslim majority?

I rather think policy makers will be asking for more and more information about Indonesia in the coming weeks.

The link reminds me of the pressures on Djakarta to pass autonomy on. What an interesting understatement to read that the Civil Emergency in Aceh is, in effect, over.

[MEG33]

Australia is our help in Indonesia, I believe...There are the militant Muslims and the not so militant Muslims who fight and the rest are always in danger.

http://www.terrorismanswers.com/havens/indonesia.html

At one time I had a link to a file by backhoe..I cannot find it.

[EggsAckley]

Great article. Great thread. It finally addresses some of the things I've been wondering about. You've added a whole new angle to the catastrophe.

Thanks, both of you.

[independentmind]

I rather think policy makers will be asking for more and more information about Indonesia in the coming weeks.

Perhaps it's not a bad thing that there will be plenty of US forces milling about the area for some time to come. I hope we make some friends.