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Military ready to fight terrorism in Poso
The Indonesian Military (TNI) has said it is ready to launch a military operation to quell terrorism in Poso, Central Sulawesi, if required to do so
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he Indonesian Military (TNI) has said it is ready to launch a military operation to quell terrorism in Poso, Central Sulawesi, if required to do so.
'We are ready. There is no negotiation on this matter,' Maj. Gen. Bachtiar, chief of the Wirabuana Military Command overseeing South, West, Southeast and North Sulawesi, said in Palu, Central Sulawesi, on Friday.
He added that his side was still coordinating with the Poso regency administration and the local police to restore security and public order to Poso.
Bachtiar said further that the military was still conducting territorial operations to restore security to the regency.
He urged authorities in the province to ask for people's active participation in helping monitor the situation in the province. 'If local people are empowered, terrorism in Poso could be vanquished,' he said as quoted by Antara news agency.
Central Sulawesi governor Longki Jonggala has called on the military to quell terrorism in the province, mainly Poso regency. He also met Vice President Jusuf Kalla to discuss terrorism in Poso.
In the past two years, four locals have been killed and four others have gone missing in terrorist attacks. The regency has also become a training ground for terrorists.
The police are still on the hunt for a terrorist group held responsible for a series of terror attacks on local people in the past two years. (rms)(++++)
