July 5, 2014
By Allan Nairn
Jakarta
Indonesia’s army special forces (Kopassus) and the state intelligence agency (BIN) are involved in a covert operation to influence the presidential election.
According to documented accounts of recent meetings at Kopassus headquarters, the operation is designed to ensure that the July 9 vote count will be won by General Prabowo Subianto, the former Kopassus commander who was a longtime protege of the Pentagon and US intelligence.