Indonesians set Australian flags ablaze outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta on Thursday after reports that Australian spies attempted to tap the phones of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his wife.
Some 200 people marched to the Australian embassy, which had been heavily reinforced in anticipation of the protests. The embassy was the scene of a 2004 bombing that killed 10 people.
One protest banner in the city of Yogyakarta, Central Java, read: “We are ready for war with Australia.”
On Monday, it was revealed that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his wife, high-level ministers and confidants, according to documents from 2009 released to The Guardian and ABC TV by former NSA contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden. The same day, Indonesia recalled its ambassador to Australia for “consultations” over the allegations.
The heightened tensions and new governmental measures indicate that relations between the two countries have plummeted to their lowest point since the late 1990s. Full story...
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Some 200 people marched to the Australian embassy, which had been heavily reinforced in anticipation of the protests. The embassy was the scene of a 2004 bombing that killed 10 people.
One protest banner in the city of Yogyakarta, Central Java, read: “We are ready for war with Australia.”
On Monday, it was revealed that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his wife, high-level ministers and confidants, according to documents from 2009 released to The Guardian and ABC TV by former NSA contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden. The same day, Indonesia recalled its ambassador to Australia for “consultations” over the allegations.
The heightened tensions and new governmental measures indicate that relations between the two countries have plummeted to their lowest point since the late 1990s. Full story...
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