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News transcript from the United States Department of Defense; DoD News Briefing Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz.

Publication: M2 Presswire
Publication Date: 30-MAY-03 		Format: Online
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M2 PRESSWIRE-30 May 2003-US DOD: News transcript from the United States Department of Defense; DoD News Briefing Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Media Availability with Matori Abdul Djalil, Indonesian minister of defense, Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore.

Wolfowitz: Indonesia went through a very violent transition where the old dictatorship collapsed and they ve been in the midst of very difficult economic circumstances and Indonesia has been in the process of very important transition to a democratic government in what is as difficult circumstances as could be imagined.

The importance of this country of more than 200 million people with the largest Muslim population of any country in the world should be obvious and I think we all have a stake in Indonesia managing successfully a transition to a stable, prosperous democracy.

I m afraid that it has also been noticed by the terrorists that this country is a target, that the terrorists do not want to see Indonesia succeed. They would like to drag Indonesia backwards along with the rest of the Muslim world and that attack in Bali last October was a very clear demonstration of their intent. I do think that while they may have achieved a tactical success killing a lot of innocent...



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