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View all search resultsHistory teaches us that in all authoritarian regimes, it is the army, police and other legal enforcement agencies, who do the evil works of arbitrary leaders to help establish a dictatorial and inhumane regime.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo swore in new Army chief of staff Lt. Gen. Maruli Simanjuntak, a family member of a close ally to the President, on Wednesday, despite concerns among civil groups that the outgoing president was trying to retain power by installing loyalists in top positions.
Speculation has been rife that Let. Gen. Maruli Simanjuntak, who currently leads the Army Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad), is a frontrunner for the Army’s top post, ahead of the other two rumored contenders, National Disaster Mitigation Agency head Let. Gen Suharyanto and the Army chief of staff’s expert staff coordinator Let. Gen. I Nyoman Cantiasa.
"Ahed Tamimi was arrested on suspicion of inciting violence and terrorist activities in the town of Nabi Salih" near Ramallah, an army spokesman told AFP. "Tamimi was transferred to Israeli security forces for further questioning."
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