Elite trops display their mettle<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) put on a military
\nexercise over the weekend in the Glodok area of West Jakarta to
\nassure the public that it was ready to handle any disorder aimed
\nat disrupting the General Session of the People's Consultative
\nAssembly.<\/p>\n
About 130 soldiers from the Marine Corps and the Army's
\nSpecial Forces (Kopassus) were transported by 10 helicopters from
\nHalim Perdanakusumah Airport to an electronic store in Glodok,
\nwhere they descended on ropes to land on the building's roof.<\/p>\n
The soldiers quickly deployed to secure the area, occupying
\nstrategic locations from where they could break up any social
\ndisorder threatening public and private facilities.<\/p>\n
Bell, Puma and Skorky helicopters were employed in the
\nexercise, the third of its kind in recent weeks.<\/p>\n
Jakarta Military Command spokesman Lt. Col. DJ. Nachrowi said
\nthe exercise was routine practice for the units preceding the
\nAssembly's General Session which began yesterday.<\/p>\n
\"We also want to demonstrate our professionalism to the
\npublic,\" said Nachrowi. He said the exercises were performed
\nmostly at business centers, which were considered particularly
\nprone to attacks from certain radical groups.<\/p>\n
Security personnel have been put on special alert in the
\nGlodok and Gajah Mada areas of West Jakarta, the Tanah Abang and
\nSenen areas of Central Jakarta, the Kebon Bawang and Tanjung
\nPriok areas of North Jakarta, the Blok M area in South Jakarta
\nand Jatinegara in East Jakarta. (09)<\/p>",
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