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To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (2739)	11/1/2006 12:53:01 PM
From: FJB	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20106

RE:Over half of Moslems are Indonesian. Your first number is wrong. 220 million people in Indonesia. Muslims claim 1.2 billion to 1.5 billion followers worldwide. RE:Are the Indonesian Moslems a death cult as well? Yes. "They are all involved in 13 cases of terror attacks in Poso and Palu, including last year's beheading of three Christian schoolgirls and the recent killing of a Christian priest," Bahrul Alam told dpa. bangkokpost.com ___________________________ cfr.org Is Indonesia a haven for terrorists? Yes. Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim county, is a vast archipelago with porous maritime borders, a weak central government, separatist movements, corrupt officials, a floundering economy, and a loosely regulated financial system—all characteristics which make it fertile ground for terrorist groups. While Indonesia is known as a secular, tolerant society that practices a moderate form of Islam, radical Islamists have gained momentum. U.S. officials and terrorism experts worry about al-Qaeda using Indonesia as a base for a Southeast Asian front in its campaign against “infidels,” Jews, and the United States. Indonesia resisted international pressure to crack down on local militants suspected of al-Qaeda ties until a devastating October 2002 attack on a Bali nightclub—and the simultaneous bombing of a U.S. consular office on the island—which killed more than 200 people, most of them foreign tourists. To its credit, since October 2002 the Indonesian government has cooperated with U.S. and Australian officials in their attempts to disrupt terrorist networks in Southeast Asia.