Bush trip inflames House (Indonesia) (Call Bush a war criminal)

[TexasLawyer]

Bush trip inflames House

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

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(House Speaker) Agung had barely finished his speech when a number of lawmakers started to raise their hands to deliver fiery statements objecting to Bush's visit.

Legislator Fahri Hamzah of the Muslim-based Prosperous Justice Party said the House should take a firm stance against the visit.

"But before we decide on our rejection, we should name him a war criminal," Fahri said to cries from fellow lawmakers, back after a two-week recess. A number of legislators then proposed that the House hold a vote on the issue.

Agung brushed aside the demand and returned to his speech.

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Protests against Bush have been escalating in some parts of the country ahead of his arrival. On Monday, dozens of students in Bogor staged a rally to protest the visit. "Bush should be treated like a war criminal because of his actions in Iraq and Afghanistan," a protester was quoted by the Associated Press as saying.

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http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20061114.H03&irec=2

[TexasLawyer]

1. Indonesian Students Protest Bush Visit

A member of a hard line Islamic group wearing a mask of U.S. President George Bush holds a sign reading Bush the terrorist has a cruel face during a protest against the upcoming visit by Bush Saturday, Nov. 11, 2006 in Bogor, outskirt of Jakarta, Indonesia. Hundreds of Indonesian Muslims demonstrated Saturday against an upcoming visit by U.S. President George W. Bush, accusing him of terrorism and war crimes. (AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyiah)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/13/AR2006111300656.html

[AlamoDemoc]

2. Perfect tagline.....

"But before we decide on our rejection, we should name him a war criminal"

[Erika]

3. W's world legacy

Yes, he should be tried for war crimes.

[bemildred]

4. It's going to be really unfair, in a way, if Cheney and Wolfowitz and Perle

and all of those walk away, and Shrub takes the heat for all of this. (Since Shrub is really just a tool.)

[LiberalFighter]

5. He was willing to be a tool if that was the case.

[AndyTiedye]

6. There Is Plenty of Room In the Hague for All Of Them

[bemildred]

8. I certainly hope so. nt

[rodeodance]

7. imagine $$ it will take to protect him!

[TexasLawyer]

10. 20,000 police and army to guard Bush

Here's a description of some of the logistics. Yes, very expensive.

The historic Bogor Botanic Garden will be closed to the public, mobile communication in the area will be interrupted, and surrounding streets will be emptied and guarded by some 20,000 police and army personnel. Children from nearby schools will be ordered to stay home. After landing, President Bush will be rapidly transported to Bogor Presidential Palace, which lies within the Garden, for a top-level meeting with his Indonesian counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Bogor Palace was a particular favorite of President Sukarno. Ironically, this is where Indonesia's first president lived under house arrest from 1967 to his death in 1970, after the 1965 US-backed military coup brought General Suharto to power in a bloodbath that took the lives of between 500,000 and 3 million Communists, leftists, atheists, teachers and bystanders, crushing all progressive trends in Indonesia. Understandably, President Bush prefers not to stay the night at Bogor Palace: his visit is planned to last just ten hours.

A few minutes' walk from the Palace, in front of the Bogor convention center, a large slogan depicts a skull and two crossed bones. "We wish that Bush will be possessed by spirits and fall victim to black magic." Signed, the "Native Front."

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http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=44&ItemID=11404

[TexasLawyer]

9. bird flu

http://english.people.com.cn/200611/14/eng20061114_321427.html

one side story re Bush's Indonesia visit...


UPDATED: 21:17, November 14, 2006
Bird flu patient in critical condition in Indonesia


A 35-year old woman, who has been treated in hospital since Nov. 8, is in a critical condition in Indonesia, a director at the Indonesian Health Ministry said in Jakarta Tuesday. "She is still alive and today in a critical condition," Director Nyoman Kandun told Xinhua.

The woman, who is from Tanggerang in a suburb of Jakarta, was confirmed by the country's laboratory tests of positive of having avian influenza on Monday, according to an official of the anti- bird flu center of the ministry. It was not clear whether she had any history of contact with fowls, the official said.

She is among the 74 people having contracted avian influenza in the country, 56 of which have died. Indonesia, which has been affected the hardest in this regard, has become one of the front lines in the fight against the H5N1 virus.

The fact the country ranks first in terms of the number of victims of the virus has made bird flu top on the agenda of the forthcoming meeting between U.S. President George W. Bush and his Indonesian counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Bogor, a town near Jakarta, on Nov. 20, Indonesian presidential spokesman Dino Pati Djalal has said.

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