The Jakarta Method
A book by Vincent Bevins on US-backed anti-communist violence in Indonesia and elsewhere.
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Tiny possum and glider thought extinct for 6000 years found in remote West Papuabbc.com ·
Cited as background for Western involvement in Indonesia's actions in West Papua.
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