INDONESIA: SOME PEOPLE SHOW LITTLE SYMPATHY FOR THE UNITED STATES ON SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS

Record ID: 338271

  • Title: INDONESIA: SOME PEOPLE SHOW LITTLE SYMPATHY FOR THE UNITED STATES ON SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS
  • Date: 12th September 2003
  • Summary: (W3) JAKARTA, INDONESIA (SEPTEMBER 11, 2003)(REUTERS) 1. SLV EXTERIOR OF TJUT NYAK DIEN MOSQUE; SCU MOSQUE SIGN BOARD IN FRONT OF TJUT NYAK DIEN MOSQUE 0.15 2. MV DEDY PERMMANASIDIK, IMAM OF TJUT NYAK DIEN MOSQUE MAKING ADZAN CALLS TO PRAYER; SCU PERMANASIDIK 0.25 3. SCU/SLV PRAYERS AT MOSQUE (3 SHOTS) 0.43 4. (SOUNDBITE)(Bahasa Indonesia) DEDY PERMANASIDIK SAYING "As long as United States does not change its unfair attitude, I think still there will be more terror attacks either from Muslim extremists or other groups." 1.02 5. SLV SLUM AREA; SLV CHILDREN PLAYING IN SLUM AREA; MV OLD WOMEN DOING LAUNDRY (4 SHOTS) 1.29 6. SCU OLD WOMAN SEATED; SLV SCAVENGER PULLING RUBBISH FROM POLLUTED RIVER (3 SHOTS) 1.53 7. (SOUNDBITE)(Bahasa Indonesia) HAMBALI CAKSONO SAYING: "I condemn the (WTC) attacks, but with their attitude like interfering in other countries how can we have sympathy for them now?" 2.05 8. (SOUNDBITE)(Bahasa Indonesia) AGUS SAYING "I think there will be more attacks against the United States because they keep accusing Afghanistan and others as the perpetrators without evidence. But it's all about politics." 9. SLV STREETS (2 SHOTS) 2.15 10. (SOUNDBITE)(Bahasa Indonesia) HERI SAPTO SAYING "They still cannot find the perpetrators, but I am not concerned about the recent attack. It could be because United States has been too arrogant on handling Middle East issues" 2.32 11. SCU FISH COOKING ON STREET CAFE GRILL; MV PEOPLE COOKING; MV CAFE 2.45 12. SCU MAN COMMENTING; MV CAFE 3.19 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 27th September 2003 13:00
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  • Location: JAKARTA, INDONESIA
  • Country: Indonesia
  • Reuters ID: LVA4K0LL5JIF12Q6IBGBCS01DAO9
  • Story Text: Some Indonesians show little sympathy for the United
    States on second anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

    In the world's most populous Muslim nation, many
    feel that the US led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have
    failed to root out the terrorist networks responsible and
    that further aggression against Muslim countries will only
    fuel further hatred.

    At the Tjut Nyak Dien mosque in Jakarta on Thursday
    (September 11), Imam Dedy Permanassidik fears that without
    a change of attitude towards Islam, there will be more
    terror attacks against the United States.

    "As long as United States does not change its unfair
    attitude, I think still there will be more terror attack
    either from Muslim extremes or other groups" he said after
    prayers.

    Residents of the teeming slums in the capital Jakarta
    are more pre-occupied with day to day survival than
    sympathy for the nearly 3000 people killed in the World
    Trade Centre bombings.

    "I condemn the (WTC) attacks, but with their attitude
    like interfering with other countries how can we have
    sympathy for them now?" said Hambali Caksono.

    In the business district of the capital, workers from
    nearby offices were equally unsympathetic with the United
    States and the current problems facing the administration
    in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    "They still can not find the perpetrators, but I am not
    concerned about the recent attacks against the United
    States. It could be because they have been too arrogant in
    handling Middle East issues" said Heri Sapto.

    Indonesia itself has been rocked by attacks believed to
    have been carried out by Islamic extremists - with the Bali
    nightclub bombing last year and the more recent attack on a
    hotel in Jakarta both blamed on groups with connections to
    the al Qaeda network led by Saudi militant Osama bin Laden.


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