Afghan-bound
Answering the Call
Tuesday, October 16, 2001
Latest reports say 100 Indonesian youths have left for Afghanistan. Another 3,000 are said to be undergoing a selection process.
arsip tempo : 178038412222.
Yono, Surabaya... come in!" yelled a member of the selection panel screening candidates contemplating fighting in Afghanistan. On hearing his name, a muscular young man hastened to enter the office of the Islamic Youth Movement (GPI) at Jalan Menteng Raya 58, Central Jakarta.
An anti-US banner and a poster of Osama bin Laden graced one of the walls of the cramped 3m x 4m GPI office. Inside, Yono was questioned about his administrative and re
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