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Article: Indonesia : Indonesian military to deploy 600 troops to safeguard U.S. mining firm's workers.
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- August 31, 2009
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Byline: manish03
At least 600 military troops would be deployed to help the police safeguard workers of PT Freeport McMoran Indonesia (FMI) mining firm who have been the target of shootings attacks in Indonesia's Papua province, Papua chapter military commander Ahmad Yani Nasution said Monday.
"Those army troops would commence their service on Sept. 2," Ahmad was quoted as saying by the Antara news agency. Ahmad said that the troops deployment plan was a response to the police's asking.
According to the military commander, the troops will be tasked to secure the workers from being attacked by the shooters who he alleged came from the ...