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Megawati calls for global coalition to tackle terrorism
Jakarta, Aug 08: Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri today called for a global coalition to tackle terrorism, the day after an Indonesian court handed a death sentence to one of the Bali bombers.
Jakarta, Aug 08: Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri today called for a global coalition to tackle terrorism, the day after an Indonesian court handed a death sentence to one of the Bali bombers.
Delivering the Asean lecture here, Megawati said the September 11 attacks on the United States, last October's Bali bombing, and the deadly car bombing in Jakarta on Tuesday have shown that regional plans of action to tackle terrorism and cross-border crimes like drug smuggling are inadequate.
"It became clear that no single country or group of countries could overcome this threat alone. In Indonesia's view, which is shared by the rest of the Asean members, it would take a global coalition involving all nations, all societies, religions and cultures to defeat this threat," she said.
Indonesian newspapers today welcomed the death sentence handed to Bali bomber Amrozi by a court yesterday but warned it will not stop future terror attacks. Amrozi, 41, was the first of 34 suspects to be tried for the October 12 bombings that killed 202 people, mostly Western holiday-makers, on the resort island.
Police blame the Bali attack on the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militant Islamic network, which seeks to topple elected governments and set up a pan-Islamic state in much of Southeast Asia.
They have also linked JI to the JW Marriott blast in Jakarta and warned of future attacks, possibly in retaliation to the Bali verdict. Bureau Report
"It became clear that no single country or group of countries could overcome this threat alone. In Indonesia's view, which is shared by the rest of the Asean members, it would take a global coalition involving all nations, all societies, religions and cultures to defeat this threat," she said.
Indonesian newspapers today welcomed the death sentence handed to Bali bomber Amrozi by a court yesterday but warned it will not stop future terror attacks. Amrozi, 41, was the first of 34 suspects to be tried for the October 12 bombings that killed 202 people, mostly Western holiday-makers, on the resort island.
Police blame the Bali attack on the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militant Islamic network, which seeks to topple elected governments and set up a pan-Islamic state in much of Southeast Asia.
They have also linked JI to the JW Marriott blast in Jakarta and warned of future attacks, possibly in retaliation to the Bali verdict. Bureau Report