Eyewitness reports from Indonesia say military units have joined in with jihad terrorists in attacking villages in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Reports to the Jakarta Post point to scores of dead and thousands of mainly-Christian homes destroyed at the hands of well organized, uniformed militia equipped with machine-guns, rocket launchers and even bulldozers. One witness told The Jakarta Post by telephone from Tentena, about 40 kilometres south of Poso town, last week that more than 50,000 residents and refugees were in danger of fresh attacks after extremist militia bombarded the villages of Betalemba, Patiwunga, Tangkura, Sanginora and Debua. “The civilian militias have killed many local people and burned down thousands of houses and churches in five villages located between Poso and Tentena over the last three days,” the report stated.

Christian Heritage calls upon the Government to exert urgent pressure on the Indonesian Government, or if Indonesia continues to condone this terrorism and genocide, to work towards condemnation of the deplorable state of affairs by the international community. Surely, if we are at war with terrorism state condoned terrorism in Indonesia must be firmly opposed and halted. In the case of East Timor, international prevarication cost thousands their property and in some cases their lives. It appears the situation is worse by far in Central Sulawesi, but we hear nothing of it. Christian Heritage believes the international community should act before tens of thousands lose their lives.

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>