Accustomed to finding this moment: that early in August flag vendors began to appear to occupy the pavement at every turn of cities and towns? Then flags and buntings are displayed here and there in order to attract passers-by to buy some for a ritual happening every body should commemorate: the Independence Day of the country! It seems like the sacred steady colors needs renewing every year.

August is an unforgettable month in Indonesia. On the 17th sixty-four years ago, Soekarno and Hatta proclaimed the Indonesian’s Independence Day and up to now the commemoration has been carried out with the same zest.

And only this year, in the relating month, a thumb-up action happened to make the moment seems more glorified. No, it’s not of the appearance of a heroic film that distinguishes it from the same kind ever—have you seen Merah Putih? But it’s the real struggle executed by the members of the police’s Detachment 88 counterterrorism squad.

Soon after the uproar of recent twin bombings of Jakarta’s luxury hotels: JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton last July, the police anti-terror unit made a raid on a house where suspected militants were holed up in Temanggung, Central Java, on Saturday August 8th ago.

The raid involving gunfire exchange, and was part of a 17-hour operation in Temanggung was not yet a complete one. The bad news is that notorious Noordin M. Top who has been suspected died on a raid turned out to survive somewhere.


Have you seen Merah Putih? It is with English substitle in selected theater

Noordin, the country’s most wanted terrorist, is believed to be behind the July 17 bombings of the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in South Jakarta that killed nine people, including the suicide bombers and injured 55 others.

This leaves big homework for Indonesian’s number one squad; even if it’s true that Noordin was killed it doesn’t change the fact that Indonesia remains under serious threat of terrorism. Dozens of people out there are willing and ready to replace Noordin at any time!

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