[Kabar-indonesia] Police flood Bogor ahead of visit by U.S. president

[Joyo at aol.com]

Police flood Indonesian city ahead of visit by U.S.
president

JAKARTA, November 2 (AP) - Thousands of security forces have
been deployed to secure a city on the outskirts of the
Indonesian capital where President George W. Bush will meet
his counterpart later this month, a police official said
Thursday.

Bush will hold talks with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
on Nov. 20, after attending an Asia-Pacific Economic meeting
in Vietnam, where he will meet Southeast Asian leaders.

Police Lt. Col. Dade Ahmad said police officers, many of
them undercover, are already guarding major roads, landmarks
and the Presidential Palace in Bogor, around 60 kilometers
(40 miles) south of the capital, Jakarta.

In Vietnam, Bush will meet separately with Vietnamese
President Nguyen Minh Triet and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan
Dung on Nov. 18-19.

Indonesia -- the world's most populous Muslim nation with
220 million people, including 190 million Muslims -- has
been hit by a string of suicide bombings targeting Western
interests since 2002. It has arrested hundreds of Islamic
militants in recent years and is seen as a close ally in
Washington's war on terror.

But anti-American sentiment in the country rose sharply
after the U.S.-led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, and
many see the U.S. war on terrorism as being directed against
Muslims.

Indonesia has offered to mediate between the Islamic world
and Western nations in sensitive political issues such as
North Korea and Iran's nuclear programs and Middle East
peace.

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Joyo Indonesia News Service
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