Sidney Jones Quotes (21 Quotes)

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 real question is whether they will be able to get the two key masterminds that everyone suspects are involved in this one because they have also been involved in the last two big bombings. They have not been able to get those people for the last three years. But I think this may be a turning point, we'll have to see.

If you look at the last three years, the pattern of arrests by the police and the way they've been able to go after the network has been pretty good. You can't say that the work hasn't been effective.

He's going to face the same two blocks that have constrained things in the past the conservative Muslim constituency that doesn't want to see the whole Islamic system tainted on the one hand, and the reformers that don't want to see any roll backs of civil liberties on the other.

There's a lot of deep distrust with the accord in the military.

First of all, he's only one of thousands of political prisoners in China. Secondly, he was given the choice between continued imprisonment and exile in the United States. It's not as though he would be free to speak out in China.

She's high energy and incorporates a lot of good moves into this class. Someone who does not dance can do it. ... Because the lights are low, it also keeps it from being intimidating.

If they get a technocrat and a skilled professional in the job as minister of justice and attorney general, we could see some real movement that's been lacking over the last several years.

I would say theres a lot more cooperation with Abu Sayyaf than there was a few years ago.

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

This government has sold its policies better.

Every arrest leads to new information, to new (JI) members. It suggests the police are making headway in going after the network. This is a serious blow to their organization.

If abuses take place as preparations for the Games proceed, it won't be just the Chinese authorities who will look bad -- the IOC and the corporate sponsors will be complicit.

There are people who have suffered unbelievable trauma. There are people who have seen their own relatives being killed. There are people who have survived horrendous attacks.

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

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

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

I think it's going to be a stronger case this time around.

It's not clear whether he played any kind of operational role, but he's the glue that holds the association together.

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.

This man is not just an innocent old preacher. The man knows perfectly well JI exists. If he says it doesn't exist, he's lying through his teeth.