Bowing to Uncle Sam?

As Baasyir re-enters detention, the police suffer accusations that US officials are calling the shots.

May 11, 2004

TEN police officers in full uniform were poised Friday to form a human shield around Ustad Abu Bakar Baasyir as he exited the back door of the Criminal Detectives Units holding facility at National Police Headquarters. Two officers in civilian clothing pressed Baasyir on his left and right. The leader of the Al-Mukmin Islamic boarding school in Ngruki, East Java, wore Islamic clothing consisting of a traditional black cap, white shirt, and a blue

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