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JAKARTA - Indonesia's chief security minister said Thursday Jakarta is acting to protect vital facilities such as those of major U.S. oil and mining firms in the event of war between the United States and Iraq. Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim country and opposition to a U.S. attack on Iraq is widespread, with many analysts predicting such an act could spark violence by extreme elements in the country.
"We have to anticipate whatever happens outside Indonesia (to ensure) it should not rattle the domestic situation," Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told reporters after meeting President Megawati Sukarnoputri. "Our obligation is to anticipate and to implement proactive and preventive steps including for domestic vital facilities," he said when asked what the government would do to protect the Indonesian operations of oil companies ExxonMobil and Caltex Pacific Indonesia and copper and gold miner Freeport-McMoRan in the event of a U.S.-Iraq conflict.
Yudhoyono said the government also should guarantee the safety of all diplomats in Indonesia, including diplomats from the United States and its ally Britain. But he did not offer specifics. "I don't want to get involved in operational (matters). Let the military commander and police chief make the plan," he said.
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