http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/indonesia/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:02:35 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418221/posts U.S. embassy warns Americans in Indonesia's Bali island of possible New Year's Eve terrorist attack-AP BNO News (Breaking News) on Twitter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418221/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:02:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415166/posts (Such a nice feel-good story here at Christmastime--aww....gee...but what about those missing kindergarten records from the Noelani Elementary School...) Retracing the footsteps of young Obama By John King, CNN Chief National Correspondent December 18, 2009 8:38 a.m. EST "Uncle Jack" Christensen takes tourists to some of the key sites in President Obama's early years. Students at school Obama attended said he inspires them to believe anything is possible Honolulu, Hawaii (CNN) -- Jack Christensen often walks away from the Baskin-Robbins with fewer followers than he had when he got there. "We lose some people in there," Christensen told us with... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415166/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:29:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414881/posts SNIPPET: "From Cilacap, Baridin apparently took shelter in Garut district, West Java province, where he acted as a traveling sugar salesman. When he was captured he had a pair of identity cards under aliases." SNIPPET: "Earlier this week, in fact, the newly-promoted head of Special Detachment 88, General Tito Karnavian, stated that there was evidence that the remnants of Jemaah Islamiyah are still attempting to recruit new members despite some of their most aggressive leaders getting killed over the past quarter." December 24, 2009 09:59 AM Print COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414881/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:45:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414329/posts Indonesia to equip navy with Chinese-made missiles 16:40, December 22, 2009 Indonesia is going to equip its own navy's warships with missiles made in China so as to upgrade combat capabilities, Agus Suhartono, Indonesian Navy Chief of Staff Admiral said Monday. "We will continue to procure C-802 missiles from China after we test the weapon with good results,” he said adding that the Indonesian Navy was also negotiating with China to obtain C-705 missiles that were more slender in shape. C-705 "Both types of missile will be added to the armament of the navy’s fast patrol boats and Van Speijk... People's Daily Online,China http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414329/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:34:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408134/posts JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A statue of President Barack Obama as a boy erected in a Jakarta park has been targeted in a Facebook campaign by thousands who say it should be removed.(snip) "Everybody knows that Obama is a world leader, but he is not our national hero who deserves to be awarded a statue," Nugroho said. "This has hurt our national pride because there are many Indonesian figures who gave worthy service to this nation but no statue has been built for them," he added. Many Indonesians are proud of the fact that Obama lived in Jakarta from 1967 to... Fox News.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408134/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:50:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405214/posts STAR BULLETIN EDITION OF AUG. 14TH, ON FILE AT BERKLEY IDENTICAL TO PUBLISHED IMAGES by John Charlton The Post & Email has just received PDF files from a highly credible source, establishing that the birth annoucement in the Star Bulletin Edition of Aug. 14, 1961, for Barack Hussein Obama, is authentic. (Excerpt) Read more at thepostemail.com ... The Post and Email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405214/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:04:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404768/posts A bronze statue of a young Barack Obama in shorts and a T-shirt — and what appears to be a Nobel medal around his neck — has been erected at a park in Jakarta, Indonesia, near the school where the future U.S. president studied as a child, according to news reports. The likeness of a 10-year-old Obama — his hand extended with what appears to be a butterfly resting on it — cost $10,600 and now stands in a corner of Menteng Park, according to the Jakarta Globe and AP. Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404768/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:56:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403482/posts WASHINGTON – Sean Hannity today defended Sarah Palin's recent comments about Barack Obama's constitutional eligibility for the presidency and WND's pursuit of the story. He said the question about his original, long-form birth certificate has still not been answered. "What was so wrong in saying that, 'Can we see your birth certificate?' ... We were told early on that, in fact, somebody else had looked at it and confirmed that it was legitimate. So, I mean, what was wrong with people saying, 'Wait a minute. You know what? In light of the fact of where your, your father came from,... WorldNet aily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403482/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 04:41:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2403877/posts A statue of President Obama as a youngster has been raised in Indonesia, one of the places the president lived as a boy. The future president is depicted wearing shorts and a T-shirt, with what appears to be a medal around his neck and a butterfly on one thumb. According to the Associated Press and Indonesian news sources, the statue, which is located in the nation’s capital of Jakarta, is meant to inspire children in Indonesia. Mr. Obama lived in the country for around four years as a child, after his mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, married an Indonesian, Lolo Soetoro. nytimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2403877/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 18:31:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399912/posts Laguna Niguel attorney Orly Taitz had her lawsuit challenging Barack Obama’s presidency thrown out on Oct. 29, but that hasn’t stopped her from filling a new document in the case with a broad array of allegations. “There was a concerted and a well orchestrated effort by a number of individuals to assassinate my character, endanger my law license and ultimately derail my case against Mr. Obama,” Taitz writes in the document filed with the federal court today. “A number of criminal activities were perpetrated upon this court.” Orange County Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399912/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 03:42:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400649/posts OFFICIAL REQUEST BY CONGRESSMEN TO SEE OBAMA’S BIRTH CERTIFICATE WILL BE THE STRAW WHICH BREAKS THIS CAMEL’S BACK Political analysis by John Charlton Obama's presidential campaign was hailed for its forceful imagery, but after 11 months the public has come to understand the undisputed facts about him, don't fit the requirements of the U.S. Constitution. (Dec. 4, 2009) — Georgia’s representative in the U.S. House, Nathan Deal announced in early November that he and 10 House colleagues were going to sign a joint letter, asking Obama to publicly reveal his birth certificate,. The simple enough question was rebuffed and ridiculed... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400649/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:47:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400624/posts Updates in the BARNETT v OBAMA case in Judge Carter's court: Request for investigation of misconduct in legal proceedings, submission of perjured affidavits, submission of a letter to court by an attorney with improper purpose of covering up criminal activity and obstruction of justice, withholding evidence by attorneys, and US attorneys acting under conflict of interest From 11.11.09. to 11.22.09. I had the honor to be a delegate at the Continental Congress 2009. One of the guest speakers for the Continental Congress was a former Immigration officer and currently a private investigator in CO, Mr. John Samson. I have stated... FR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400624/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:05:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398346/posts Muslim reaction across the world to Sunday’s Swiss referendum banning the construction of further minarets for mosques in the tiny Alpine nation has been almost entirely negative. Indonesia’s Maskuri Abdillah, leader of the largest Muslim organization in the world’s most populous Muslim nation said the vote reflected Swiss “hatred” of Islam and Muslims. Egyptian Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa, close to the regime of President Hosni Mubarak, said the ban was an attempt to “insult the feelings of the Muslim community in and outside Switzerland.” Yet the referendums outcome pales in comparison to restrictions on non-Muslims who aim to practice their... Christian Science Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398346/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 13:02:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394594/posts Indonesian Muslims Surf Internet for a Sacrifice Muslims no longer have to purchase sacrificial goats and cattle for Idul Adha in person, but can arrange for them to be delivered to their home or slaughtered in their name via the Internet. In the days prior to Idul Adha, most Muslim families of sufficient means purchase livestock at their neighborhood mosque or at tethering stalls on the side of the road. On the holiday itself, the majority of them bring the animals to halal slaughterhouses for butchers to sacrifice, but some others, who know how to kill animals humanely following the... Jakrata Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394594/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:53:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2392857/posts CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new study provides "incontrovertible evidence" that the volcanic super-eruption of Toba on the island of Sumatra about 73,000 years ago deforested much of central India, some 3,000 miles from the epicenter, researchers report. The volcano ejected an estimated 800 cubic kilometers of ash into the atmosphere, leaving a crater (now the world's largest volcanic lake) that is 100 kilometers long and 35 kilometers wide. Ash from the event has been found in India, the Indian Ocean, the Bay of Bengal and the South China Sea. The bright ash reflected sunlight off the landscape, and volcanic sulfur... University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2392857/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:23:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391391/posts What was expected to be a boring congressional hearing erupted into high drama yesterday as an unnerved Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner sparred with frustrated lawmakers calling for his head over his handling of the economy. Clearly rattled by a fusillade of attacks from Republican members of the Joint Economic Committee, the usually reserved Geithner lashed out, laying blame for the current economic mess at the feet of the GOP and rejecting suggestions that he resign. Republicans "gave this president an economy falling off the cliff," Geithner fired back at Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas), one of the Treasury secretary's harshest critics... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391391/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:51:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2389154/posts WASHINGTON PROWLER SPECULATES THAT OBAMA IS RUNNING SCARED by John Charlton (Nov. 17, 2009) — Yesterday, The Post & Email reported that Mr. Paul Tsukiyama, Director of the Office of Information Practices — the very office overseeing public complaints regarding the Hawaii Department of Health’s refusal to release public documents or information regarding Obama’s alleged vital records kept by that department — resigned quietly on Nov. 6th, and that no one knew where he went. Yesterday, The American Spectator also spoke about resignations, and speculated about their motives, but these regarding a place on the opposite site of the country:... thepostnemail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2389154/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:00:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2390931/posts Surprisingly little attention has been paid to the crucial years Barack Obama spent growing up in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 1967 to 1971, ages 6 to 10 in his life. These formative years, when a child first spends significant time in the wider world beyond his family environment, must have taught him many lessons about America, some of them very unpleasant, given the particular situation of his family. It would have been brutally difficult for any child, including young Barry Soetoro as he was then known, to have been uprooted from Honolulu, where his mother raised him as a single mom... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2390931/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:08:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390194/posts During his testimony today, two Republican Congressmen urged Tim Geithner to resign, or said he should be fired. The commentariat seemed shocked that something like this would come up during an official Congressional hearing. And yet, now they're discussing it on CNBC, as a serious question, which is exactly what the Congressmen hoped. It's like when that one Congressman screamed "you lie" during Obama's speech about healthcare. Everyone was scandalized, but it accomplished the goal of getting people to talk about whether or not illegal immigrants would be covered by new healthcare reforms (which is what the shout was in... The Business Insider http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390194/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:54:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2385651/posts Indonesia: Police Evict Students On Oct.27, The Voice of the Martyrs contacts reported nearly 1,000 Arastamar Bible school students face eviction from a West Jarkata Mayors office building where they were living temporarily, in Indonesia. The day before the High Court of West Jakarta’s eviction notice, local government authorities cut off electricity and water to the site and this led to the student demonstrations. “That day … a thousand students were demonstrating outside of the building and making [a barricade with their bodies] to prevent the police troops, local government security troops, and High Court officials from going into the... Voice of the Martyrs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2385651/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:09:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382860/posts TOKYO – President Barack Obama says he wants to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki sometime during his presidency but won't have time during this week's trip to Japan to go to the cities devastated by U.S. atomic bombs at the end of World War II. No sitting U.S. president has visited the two cities largely because of the controversy it could raise at home. In an interview with Japanese broadcaster NHK that ran Tuesday, Obama said he would be unable to visit the cities on his trip to Japan this weekend due to time constraints but would be willing to do... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382860/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:20:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369106/posts Title only AP via Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369106/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:15:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366260/posts Late last week, Democratic-leaning pollster Stan Greenberg released a focus group study showing that conservative GOP base voters live in an alternative universe of their own political paranoia. In this world, President Obama is ruthlessly advancing a secret agenda to ruin -- yes, ruin -- the economy so he can impose socialism upon the United States and destroy the core civil liberties of American democracy. And in this covert crusade, Obama is no more than a frontman for unseen interests aiming to annihilate the United States. This dark view was propounded by die-hard right-wingers -- older, white Republican-base voters --... Politics Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366260/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:35:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364993/posts Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is expected to discuss Australia's policy on asylum seekers with Indonesian officials when he visits Jakarta on Tuesday. Mr Rudd is making the trip to attend the inauguration of the Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The Opposition has criticised Mr Rudd's decision to ask Indonesian authorities to stop a boatload of Sri Lankans reaching Australia last week. Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard has told Channel Nine that Australia and Indonesia are cooperating well on people smuggling. "I don't want to give the impression that somehow nothing is happening now. "There is very close cooperation with Indonesia... Australian Broadcasting Corporation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364993/posts#comment Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:10:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363137/posts Illinois Army National Guard Maj. L. Tammy Duckworth sat in a wheelchair at the paper-strewn kitchen table in her suburban Chicago home doing what she seems to do better than most mortals: focusing totally on the task at hand. She worked the phones for hours Wednesday as part of her effort to get herself elected to Congress — reaching out to dozens of mayors, union officials and everyday voters. Somehow, she's able to stay focused and find humor simultaneously. She has a knack for instantly putting people at ease with what some call her disability — the fact that she... The Betrayal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363137/posts#comment Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:37:17 GMT