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13 February 2000 Military News

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  • WIRANTO Voice of America 13 February 2000 -- At a marathon meeting Sunday morning, President Wahid backed down from his demand that General Wiranto immediately resign from the Cabinet. General Wiranto will stay on as security minister pending a further investigation into human rights abuses in East Timor.
  • INDONESIA-WIRANTO Voice of America 13 February 2000 -- Indonesian security minister and former armed forces chief General Wiranto has won a reprieve from being fired from the Cabinet. But the reprieve may be brief.
  • INDONESIA-SUHARTO Voice of America 13 February 2000 -- Indonesia's former President, Suharto, has been summoned to appear for questioning Monday in a corruption investigation.

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  • ISRAEL-LEBANON Voice of America 13 February 2000 -- Following the killing of a seventh Israeli soldier in recent weeks, Israel may pull its troops out of Lebanon as early as April.
  • CONGO FIGHTING Voice of America 13 February 2000 -- After breaking the rebel siege on the town of Ikela, Congo's government says it has pushed rebels more than 100-kilometers east toward the town of Opola. That is on the road to the rebel's biggest city, Kisangani.

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