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14-09-09, 16:45
White Horse Press Secretary Robert Gibbs only revealed that Mr Obama is planned to pop up at the APEC meeting in Singapore, which will be held on 14-15 November 2009. Therefore, according to Mulyani, theIndonesian consul general in New York Indonesian government expected that Obama may pop up in Indonesia during the said period.
Mr Obama spent his childhood in Jakarta between 1967 and 1971 with his mother and step father in Menteng Dalam, a crowded area in the center of Jakarta. (vivanews)
Indonesian Terrorists Hoping To Target Obama Have No Chance, Experts Say
Several terrorism experts on Friday refuted the theory that militants were planning to use snipers to attack US President Barack Obama’s convoy during his anticipated visit to Indonesia.
Dynno Chressbon, an intelligence analyst at the Center for Intelligence and National Security, said earlier that Ario Sudarso and Mohamad Syahrir, who were declared suspects in the July 17 JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotel suicide bombings by police on Wednesday, had allegedly been prepared as snipers for an attack against Obama. Obama is widely expected to visit Indonesia when he attends the APEC summit in Singapore in November.
Chressbon also said that the men planned to attack the convoy using MK-IIIs, a Russian-made rifle that has been used by the Taliban in Afghanistan and in Muslim conflict areas in the Philippines.However, security analyst and terrorism expert Noor Huda Ismail said that although similar rifles had been used, the attacks in Afghanistan and the Philippines mainly targeted law enforcers and civilians with minimum security and protection. “To target someone like Obama, they would need to infiltrate the US Secret Service and get the president’s security details,” Ismail said. “The perpetrators also have to consider that the Secret Service would take extreme security measures and secure areas within shooting range from the president.” Ismail said that although he was convinced Obama would be an ideal target for terrorists, carrying out such an attack would be near impossible.
“A plot like that would take years of preparations and planning,” he said. “They don’t have the resources to do it or the experience in targeting a head of state.”
Ken Conboy, author of “Inside Jemaah Islamiyah, Asia’s Most Dangerous Terrorist. (JP)
Mr Obama spent his childhood in Jakarta between 1967 and 1971 with his mother and step father in Menteng Dalam, a crowded area in the center of Jakarta. (vivanews)
Indonesian Terrorists Hoping To Target Obama Have No Chance, Experts Say
Several terrorism experts on Friday refuted the theory that militants were planning to use snipers to attack US President Barack Obama’s convoy during his anticipated visit to Indonesia.
Dynno Chressbon, an intelligence analyst at the Center for Intelligence and National Security, said earlier that Ario Sudarso and Mohamad Syahrir, who were declared suspects in the July 17 JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotel suicide bombings by police on Wednesday, had allegedly been prepared as snipers for an attack against Obama. Obama is widely expected to visit Indonesia when he attends the APEC summit in Singapore in November.
Chressbon also said that the men planned to attack the convoy using MK-IIIs, a Russian-made rifle that has been used by the Taliban in Afghanistan and in Muslim conflict areas in the Philippines.However, security analyst and terrorism expert Noor Huda Ismail said that although similar rifles had been used, the attacks in Afghanistan and the Philippines mainly targeted law enforcers and civilians with minimum security and protection. “To target someone like Obama, they would need to infiltrate the US Secret Service and get the president’s security details,” Ismail said. “The perpetrators also have to consider that the Secret Service would take extreme security measures and secure areas within shooting range from the president.” Ismail said that although he was convinced Obama would be an ideal target for terrorists, carrying out such an attack would be near impossible.
“A plot like that would take years of preparations and planning,” he said. “They don’t have the resources to do it or the experience in targeting a head of state.”
Ken Conboy, author of “Inside Jemaah Islamiyah, Asia’s Most Dangerous Terrorist. (JP)