Bush in Bogor
PUNITED States President George W. Bush came to Bogor and stayed for six hours on Monday. Indonesia went crazy over the visit. Protests against Bush spread across cities. Half of Bogor was paralyzed. Over 11,000 troops and policemen on standby. Hundreds of surveillance cameras. The USS Essex offshore. All to ensure the safety of a guest from a distant land.
November 21, 2006
LONG before the commotion started over the visit of United States President George W. Bush to Indonesia, the telephone at the reception desk of the Salak Hotel in Bogor, started to ring. Calling from Washington, DC, a room reservation was made at the hotel in the name of Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat, which was duly noted by the hotel receptionist. Not long after, as Sudjadnan prepared to fly back to Indonesia, he made a quick check to confirm the r
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