Indonesian deputy's attack on US raises fears of split
By Matthew Moore, Herald Correspondent in Jakarta
September 5, 2003
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/04/1062548965995.htmlIndonesian Vice President Hamzah Haz.
Indonesia's Vice-President, Hamzah Haz, has accused the US of being the "king of terrorists" in a scathing attack that echoed the language of many of the Bali bombers.
In remarks that may signal a split in the Indonesian Government's campaign against terrorist groups, Mr Hamzah ridiculed suggestions Indonesia had a serious terrorist problem.
Less than a day after an Indonesian court cleared the Muslim cleric, Abu Bakar Bashir, of heading the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiah, Mr Hamzah went to an Islamic boarding school in Central Java where he launched his assault.
"Who is the real terrorist? It is the United States for they have attacked Iraq. In fact they are the king of terrorists," Mr Hamzah, head of the Islamic-based United Development Party, said in the town of Brebes.
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Bush has made so many friends in the World :bounce: