The Secret Arms Trade
April 25, 2006
NOBODY knows whether the government was angry or embarrassed when two Indonesian citizens were arrested and brought before a court in Hawaii, accused of illegally buying arms in the United States. In court last Monday, they claimed that the military equipment they had planned to buy was required by the Indonesian government. In Jakarta, Defense Minister Joewono Soedarsono issued a denial.
The government should be angry because the appointed middle
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