Ghosts of a Genocide

The CIA, Suharto

and Terrorist Culture

by Dennis Small

“…in four months, five times as many people died in Indonesia as in Vietnam in twelve years.” Bertrand Russell, 1966.

Introduction: We occasionally publish articles of considerable length and scope as special issues. This special issue of Peace Researcher (the first in over ten years) is devoted entirely to an article by Dennis Small. The subject is Indonesia and its tragic history of political turmoil, genocide and Western exploitation and manipulation over nearly 40 years. Dennis has researched and written on Indonesia since the early 1980s including several articles published in this journal. He is a former co-editor of PR.

Indonesia’s troubles just seem to compound as this sprawling and populous nation struggles to develop a stable government. This account is highly relevant in the fevered climate of reaction to the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington DC in September 2001. The story of Indonesia is full of terrorism, much of it at the hands of the West, the U.S. in particular. And it continues to this day. In a cruel twist of fate, this beleaguered Muslim nation is now high on the hit list of George W. Bush as he pursues his endless war against the elusive Al Qaeda terrorist network. – Editors

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