Talk:Hasan di Tiro/Archive 1

Not royalty

I completely disagree that this pensioner should be considered "royalty". First of all, there is no longer any "Sultanate of Aceh", it is today a province of Indonesia. Secondly, this person has no blood links whatsoever with the Acehnese dynasty that ruled the place prior to being dissolved by the Dutch in 1903. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.124.69.145 (talk • contribs) 18:18, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

3 June additions

Having quickly read the reference provided, I am not yet convinced that this edit accurately represents the reference. Could you please copy here those parts of the text that you have used to give this...

Hasan di Tiro is famous for exhorting his followers to commit ethnic-cleansing against non-Acehnese inhabitants of the province. After leading a terrorist attack that killed two American engineers in 1977, di Tiro was hunted down by Indonesian soldiers. He was shot in the leg, and fled to Malaysia to avoid death.

Where for example does it mention American engineers? Or ethnic cleansing? Merbabu 13:32, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Indonesian ambush

The statement that it was an "Indonesian ambush" killed two American engineers is ridicilous, as it was the GAM that attacked Mobil Oil installations that killed the engineers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.72.213.22 (talk • contribs) 08:46, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

I have two sources that say GAM were meeting a manager of Exxon in order to extract money from him. The manager then informed the government who laid a trap in which the two American engineers were killed -- Esemono (talk) 12:59, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

LOL, why would Mobil Oil be sending engineers to negotiate with extortionsts? What a joke. I have three sources that said di Tiro's gang ambushed a group of Mobil Oil surveyors, killing the two Americans while the third engineer, a South Korean, hid in the jungle until rescued by Indonesian soldiers the next morning. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.160.196.145 (talk • contribs) 14:53, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

LNG wasn't sending engineers to negotiate. They were trying to get protection money from the local manager:

In December 1977, GAM shot two American workers at the plant killing one. The shooting occured when GAM rebels tried to arrange a secret meeting with an Achnese manager for the LNG plant, to "discuss ways and means to protect the LNG plant ... di Tiro's description implies that GAM may have been trying to extort protection from the facility. -- Pg41 [1]

In other words, GAM rebels attacked and killed the American workers. Read Ken Conboy's book "Kopassus" on GAM attack that killed the American engineers, and the surviving South Korean engineer which hid in the jungle for the night until rescued the next morning. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.160.196.145 (talk • contribs) 15:43, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

That's what my version says! GAM rebels killed an AMERICAN worker when they were betrayed by the LNG manager who alerted government forces! -- Esemono (talk) 15:47, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Your version said it was an "Indonesian ambush" that killed the Americans, it's like saying it is the US Navy that bombed Pearl Harbor! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.160.196.145 (talk • contribs) 16:02, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Your source says one person was killed in an engagement with Indonesian forces and that there were two Korean's present. This is backed up by the other sources. Could it be possible that you misunderstood the book, like you did with the other sources you read?-- Esemono (talk) 11:14, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

LOL, both my source and Ken Conboy book told the same story: GAM attacked and killed two American engineers, while a South Korean (only mentioned in Conboy book), was survived by hiding in the jungle until the next morning. There was no "engagement" with Indonesian security forces, which is just one of your fabricated fantasy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.160.193.79 (talk) 15:05, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

I don't do original research so it can hardly be my fabricated fatasy. I think you've once again misquoted your sources. Maybe you're only reading the front covers? I always find that reading the whole book or article to be immensely useful as then you get the whole story! I can give you a link to the book on tape if you find that easier. Here is what your source says:

-In early December 1977 ... an American and two Koreans ... came under attack. The AMERICAN [as in one not two Americans] was killed by what di Tiro in his diary described as "stray bullets". -- Pg 95 - Terror, Insurgency, and State: Ending Protracted Conflicts

-Then another source: In December 1977, GAM shot two American workers at the plant killing one. The shooting occured when GAM rebels tried to arrange a secret meeting with an Achnese manager for the LNG plant, to "discuss ways and means to protect the LNG plant ... di Tiro's description implies that GAM may have been trying to extort protection from the facility. -- Pg41 [2]

-Then another source you have used: An American worker was reportedly killed and another one wounded ... in the fighting between [GAM] forces and the indonesian colonialist forces ... The immediate cause of this incident was the betrayal by the local manager of Mobil Oil Company[3]

-One of the pivotal events in [GAM] was the killing of an American worker at the Arun gas field in North Aceh in 1977. - Aceh, Indonesia By Elizabeth F. Drexler

-but the activities of U.S. oil and gas companies in the province were considered part of the central government’s unjust resource exploitation. In December 1977 GAM shot two American workers at an LNG plant, killing one - Indonesia’s Aceh Conflict Esemono (talk)

I am responding to a request for a third opinion. I have read through it all and checked a few things myself, Esemono is correct. GAM shot two Americans and killed one. The article should show this with the references to the sites that prove it. Tavy08 (talk) 00:10, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

xenophobic, chauvinistic rantings of di Tiro

The statement that di Tiro's "last straw" was this supposed "1968 reduction in autonomy" is false, as he was happily applying for a Mobil Oil tender in 1974, suggesting he is OK with Indonesian rule until he lost the tender to Bechtel. His xenophobic, chauvinistic rantings contained in his 1977 book showed he was never interested in "autonomy" within Indonesia after losing the tender, instead driven by his xenophobic and deep hatred for the Javanese, he wanted to "restore Acehnese glory", even suggesting after the dream-objective of independence, Aceh should start conquering the rest of Sumatera as the master race. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.72.213.22 (talk • contribs) 08:46, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

As YOUR reference states di Tiro bid for the Mobil Oil tender for the PIPELINE! A fact I'm not arguing. All I'm taking out is your POV rant about di Tiro wanting to conquer the country and lead a, "master race" -- Esemono (talk) 13:00, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

LOL, read his 1977 booklet and all his statements where di Tiro talked about how Acehnese are special master race, and where he mentioned his plans to conquer Sumatera and turned it into some kind of Swiss Federation under Acehnese "leadership". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.160.196.145 (talk • contribs) 14:53, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Right I'm sure it does. Regardless that doesn't change the fact that di Tiro didn't bid on the Mobil plant. He bid on the PIPELINE! I try to change it to reflect this fact and you keep reversing the edit to say he bid on the whole plant! -- Esemono (talk) 15:45, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Then stop erasing my statement mentioning how di Tiro intend to ethnically-cleansed non-Acehnese (particularly Javanese) from Aceh!" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.160.196.145 (talk • contribs) 16:02, 15 October 2008 (UTC)