28 Quotes by Sidney Jones

It could be a way of buoying up his image (to) his followers.

Laskar Jundullah has also been accused of providing arms in Poso. It's a breakdown of law and order. And I think the fact that you've got a large unaccountable militia should be of concern not only to the Indonesian government but of deep concern to governments outside as well.

I think we have to be careful not to assume that, just because Azahari and Noordin were involved, that it was a JI operation.

Our information is that he (Rusdan) was more militant and the hardliners of JI had turned to him for leadership,

We must wait for more facts before we can make that conclusion.

The police is a very important institution for the democratization of Indonesian society. Unless the police is firmly put in front in charge of internal security, this country is going to go backwards.

The police and prosecution really want to see these charges stick,

There are other people who see the Indonesian president simply as an Indonesian and therefore representative of the country that wreaked such havoc here.

The fact that the suspects were arrested in Jakarta and not some safe place in a remote village indicates they were planning something big.