Source: Financial Times
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/332f0610-b2b7-11da-ab3e-0000779e2340.html
On March 13, 2006 the Financial Times reported, "Not so long ago, from Washington’s vantage point, Indonesia looked like a daunting second front in the war against terrorism. Even as frustrated US and other western officials warned of looming danger in the months before the October 2002 Bali bombings, Jakarta’s default position was to deny that al-Qaeda-linked extremists represented any threat. The country’s Islamist vice-president went further by embracing some as national heroes. That began to change with the 2002 Bali bombings, which left 202 dead, most of them foreign tourists. Since then there have been three other big attacks blamed on the group responsible, the al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah. But the Indonesian police have emerged as among the world’s most successful in hunting down terrorists, thanks partly to a US-trained counter-terrorism force. So when Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, met reporters last week to discuss a visit to Indonesia due to begin today, all but one of her mentions of terrorism in the world’s largest Muslim nation were to commend. She was effusive in her praise of Indonesia’s handling of 'turbulence in the Islamic world' and as a 'voice for moderation.'"