United States Puppetry

A title inspired by one of the news reports below. This is a cruel story of the US government helping the TNI Generals human rights abuses of West Papuan people. The TNI were effectively caught red handed killing American teachers to justify their ongoing payments by the Freeport McMoRan corporation. But the GW Bush administration is so eager to maintain business relations with the TNI Generals that it sent FBI agents to kidnap the West Papuan witnesses for the Indonesian military and its police.

The large donations by these US Indonesia Society companies to GW Bush's election campaign in 2000 could have a bearing on this relationship.

This is a collection of public information about the prosecution of the suspects in the Timika ambush of August 2002. Although there appears to have been a raft of evidence indicating TNI orchestration of the ambush and murders both before, during, and after the ambush; the Indonesian prosecution has instead focused on the TNI claim that the ambush was conducted by OPM activists.

• OPM: Civil organization of Papuan public to dialogue for West Papuan freedom from Indonesian state. Created in 1965, since 1966 Indonesia has attempted to discredit OPM widespread support by claiming OPM is a militant organisation.
• TNI: Indonesian military whose officers operate both illegal and legal businesses.
• Freeport: Abbrev. name for mine built by Bechtel Inc. for Freeport McMoRan company which obtain 30 year mine license from Indonesia for West Papua two years before TNI orchestrat event by which Indonesia claims Papuan public gave sovereignty of West Papua to Indonesia.