Indonesia is fast changing ! When Suharto was the dictator in charge he came down hard on terrorists. After his fall, weak governments tried appeasement - with disastrous results. Now the wheel has turned .
Notorious terrorist leader Abu Bakar Bashir has been arrested and an elite Indonesian anti-terrorist squad has started to breakup his newly formed cell - operating under the initials JAT. At the same time, pressure is being applied to his old organization - Jemaah Islamiah.
Indonesia - under president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ( SBY ) has realised that it is impossible to negotiate with terrorists - or live peaceably with them.
The south Pacific seems destined to be a safer place now that Indonesia has made the decision to turn it's full attention to the small cadre of religious extremists who have ignored the peaceful worship of Islam by the vast majority - and set out to create Jihad in this country to our north.
It will be a long fight - and it will not be won easily - but Indonesia now has a president who means business !
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