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Military warns of terrorist threat

Jakarta Post - April 8, 2015

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Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has warned against the threat of terrorists and extreme groups, saying the military would crack down on radical groups attempting to disturb security or violate the Pancasila state ideology.

Army chief Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo stressed that the military was prepared to take rapid action against any such terrorist groups.

"I want to remind that no rebellions have so far succeeded in the country. They must be quelled. If there is any rebel group in the country if they surrender they must be quelled," he said at the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) headquarters in Cijantung, East Jakarta, on Wednesday.

Gatot said the Army's elite forces had been deployed to thwart armed rebel and terrorist groups in the country, and that their operation had been closed to media to ensure effectiveness.

"In operations conducted by special forces, not all things should be exposed by the media and please, do your own analysis so that no rebel groups are allowed to exist in the country," he told journalists.

The military previously deployed more than 3,000 personnel to conduct a joint exercise and to hunt down the Santoso-led armed group in Poso, Central Sulawesi. During the exercise, TNI Commander Gen. Moeldoko formed a 700-member team to locate Santoso and his followers, who are believed to be hiding in the forests in Poso.

"I have reported to the President on the necessity to station a special force in Poso to forge a cooperation with police to quell the rebellion and the President has approved the proposal," he said as quoted by kompas.com.

Security authorities also face the threat posed by Indonesian citizens joining the Islamic State (IS) movement following their return home.

Several former members of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist group have warned that IS is time-bomb that could explode sometime in the future. (rms)

Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/04/08/military-warns-terrorist-threat.html.