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Turbineguy

(37,285 posts)
Thu Apr 20, 2017, 08:36 AM Apr 2017

Meanwhile in Indonesia....

Indonesia has become overwhelmed by corruption. And the corrupt are powerful enough to halt any investigations.

Associates of Donald Trump in Indonesia have joined army officers and a vigilante street movement linked to ISIS in a campaign that ultimately aims to oust the country’s president. According to Indonesian military and intelligence officials and senior figures involved in what they call “the coup,” the move against President Joko Widodo (known more commonly as Jokowi), a popular elected civilian, is being impelled from behind the scenes by active and retired generals.

https://theintercept.com/2017/04/18/trumps-indonesian-allies-in-bed-with-isis-backed-militia-seeking-to-oust-elected-president/

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