... that US Congress would not resume military ties with Indonesia until the government "improves the military's human rights record and brings to justice military officers responsible for the [East Timor] slaughter in 1999". There has been speculation the report was merely an effort to "test the water" to see how Jakarta would react to any US plans to send troops to ... help fight terrorists allegedly in Indonesia. Denial White House spokesman Ari Fleischer strongly denied the US was planning an operation in Indonesia. "There is no plan to do that," he said. US Secretary of State Colin Pow...

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