Terrorism a first for NZ but decades now for Afghanistan
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Christchurch – While last Friday’s terrorist attack in Christchurch was the first for New Zealand, Afghanistan’s ambassador to Australia and non-resident to New Zealand says his country has been victims of violence and terrorism for more than four decades. Ambassador Wahidullah Waissi is in Christchurch to pay tribute to the victims in Christchurch, meet […]
Read More →Jakarta Post: Free radical cleric linked to Bali bombing – why now?
Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir … controversy over presidential plan for his early release. Image: YouTube still Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Indonesian President Joko Widodo says a radical Muslim cleric linked to the 2002 Bali bombings would only be released from jail if he pledged loyalty to the state and its ideology, following news he […]
Read More →KontraS demands Indonesian police investigate death of terror suspect
By Riani Sanusi Putri in Jakarta Indonesia’s Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) has demanded police investigate the cause of death of terrorist suspect Muhammad Jefri in Indramayu. This is deemed important since the information about his death is unclear and appears to involve a violation of law. “The case of Muhamad […]
Read More →OP-ED TURKEY: America Has Chosen the Wrong Partner
TURKEY: America Has Chosen the Wrong Partner Opinion by Mevlut Cavusoglu EDITOR’S NOTE: Mevlut Cavusoglu is Turkey’s minister of foreign affairs. NATO. ANKARA, Turkey — The United States is bound to the Middle East by interests, but Turkey shares about 800 miles of border with Syria and Iraq alone. In this geography and beyond, Turkey […]
Read More →Indonesian soldiers drink snake blood, smash bricks for US Defence Secretary
Elite Indonesian troops drink blood from decapitated snakes during a demonstration for US Defence Secretary James Mattis in Jakarta. Image: PMC still from Washington Post video United States Defence Secretary James Mattis has watched Indonesian special forces smash concrete blocks with their heads, walk barefoot across a flaming log, and drink blood from still-slithering bodies […]
Read More →Indonesia beefs up anti-terror police unit to combat ‘extremist’ challenge
Densus 88 special police force … history of repression in West Papua. Graphic: AK Rockefeller Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Indonesia is beefing up its elite Detachment 88 (Densus 88) unit in light of increased threats from local and international terror networks, says National Police Chief General Tito Karnavian. There will be additional 600 policemen assigned […]
Read More →ANALYSIS: Lieutenant General Tim Keating’s Operation Burnham Account Highlights Key Legal Concerns
MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ By Selwyn Manning – Editor of EveningReport.nz. This analysis was first published on Kiwipolitico.com. Selwyn Manning, editor EveningReport.nz. There’s an overlooked aspect of the New Zealand Defence Force’s account of Operation Burnham that when scrutinised suggests a possible breach of international humanitarian law and laws relating to war and armed conflict […]
Read More →Canada blacklists tag Philippines with third highest number of ‘terrorists’
MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz Wanted terrorists … This undated poster released jointly by the Philippine military and the US Embassy in Manila shows terrorist leaders wanted by authorities for alleged murders, extortion and kidnappings with corresponding rewards for their capture. Image: Inquirer News By Roy Abrhamn Narra and Carlo Casingcasing in Manila […]
Read More →Australia, Indonesia strengthen cyber-security ties but West Papua ignored
MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz Cyber-security main topic in the Australian, Indonesian consultation … but not “the elephant in the room” – West Papua. Image: AWPA Australia and Indonesia have agreed to focus on cyber-security in their fight against terrorism and transnational crimes after a meeting in Jakarta but West Papua insecurity as […]
Read More →Estonia’s high price of energy independence – ‘we have lost our wetlands, our streams’
MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz Estonia may lie a continent and an ocean away from the two biggest polluters in the world – China and the United States – but the nation cannot lay claim to climate innocence. Having mined oil shale for 100 years, Estonia now has energy independence, but it has […]
Read More →Florida airport shootings – few basic questions being raised
MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz Surveillance footage of the accused guman Esteban Santiago opening fire at Fort Lauderdale Airport in Florida last Friday. Video: TMZ website OPINION: By David Robie Just having missed the shootings by a US veteran at Florida’s Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport last Friday by less than a couple of […]
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