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Kopassus: Inside Indonesia's Special Forces Ken Conboy
Publisher: Equinox Publishing

Jan 3, 2006 - One can only boggle at the folly of the Federal Government's decision to resume co-operation with the Indonesian Special Forces unit, Kopassus. Sep 27, 2010 - Secretary of Defense Gates lifts ban on working with Indonesia's brutal special forces. Mar 17, 2010 - The Army's Special Forces (Kopassus), as its name suggests, is an elite military unit whose tasks differ from other regular units within the Indonesian Military (TNI). Sep 6, 2013 - The conviction of eight Kopassus (Special Forces Command) soldiers is a step towards ending impunity In Indonesia, but also highlights how military courts are not fit to try its own soldiers for human rights violations, Amnesty International said. Following a July There is also suspicion that the attack was aimed at blackmailing mine owners into paying protection money. Mar 21, 2014 - Security forces began to fire shots into the air and reportedly used tear gas on the retreating crowd whilst beating participants, resulting in dozens injured. Around 300 persons were arrested and According to Human Rights Watch (August 2011), Mr Yaboisembut was already under tight surveillance by Indonesia's Special Forces (Komando Pasukan Khusus, known locally as Kopassus) before the events for which he was arrested took place. Mar 5, 2009 - THE SOUTH AFRICAN mercenary group, Executive Outcomes, provided both training and operational advice to the Indonesian special forces Kopassus in a hostage rescue operation in West Papua (Irian Jaya) in 1996, the former chief executive officer has revealed. Nick van den In 1997, it was Van den Bergh who led the Executive Outcomes military team into Papua New Guinea, as sub-contractors under the prime contract of Tim Spicer's Sandline International. Mar 23, 2013 - Tags: Commission III, featured, Human Rights Ministry, Indonesia jail prison, Kopassus Army Special Forces “Legal enforcers should investigate the death of the four inmates who were shot inside the prison,” Aziz said. Bedding down with the devil is the only way one can describe a recent decision by the Obama administration to resume contact with the Indonesian military's (TNI) most notorious human rights abuser, the Special Forces unit, Kopassus. May 25, 2011 - Special Forces Command (Kopassus), formerly Sandi Yudha Forces Command (Kopasandha), trained to gather intelligence, special operations techniques, sabotage, and the landings by air and water. During this trial, there were reports of pro-Kopassus groups being present inside and outside the tribunal on a daily basis – many witnesses said they were scared to testify. This unit's atrocious human rights record is one thing; and certainly I is today), Indonesia has certain parallels with Pakistan. Even now it is difficult to avoid the suspicion that if the democratic regime in Jakarta got into serious difficulties the military might yet step in and resume control in the name of “order and stability”. Sep 5, 2013 - The conviction of eight Kopassus (Special Forces Command) soldiers today is a step towards ending impunity In Indonesia, but also highlights how military courts are not fit to try its own soldiers for human rights violations, Amnesty International said. Founded on April 16, 1952, Kopassus reorganized and reduced in number With headquarters in Cijantung, East Jakarta, Kopassus developed into five groups, with Group IV sbered only 2,500 people. Because of its specialized nature, Kopassus, The book by Iwan and Natanegara in essence offers similar accounts and testimonies of the elite unit's success stories as its predecessor, Kopassus: Inside Indonesia's Special Forces, by American Ken Conboy. Apr 7, 2013 - A great example of this is “Kopassus: Inside Indonesia's Special Forces” by Ken Conboy. A good book if you just want to know about the history of the unit.