IMPLEMENTASI KERJASAMA INDONESIA DENGAN AS DALAM PENANGANAN AKSI TERORISME DI INDONESIA

Abstract

In 2002, Indonesia was shocked by bomb explosion in Bali which caused
more than 200 casualties. Indonesian Government started to be aware with
the lethal danger of terrorism, establishing Government Regulations in Lieu
of Law No. 1 Year 2002 on Combating Criminal Acts of Terrorism
(Peraturan Pemerintah Pengganti Undang-undang Nomor 1 Tahun 2002
tentang Pemberantasan Tindak Pidana Terorisme) and establishing Counter-
Terrorism Coordinating Desk (DKPT) which is now BNPT (Badan Nasional
Pemberantasan Terorisme). The Bali Bombing case also received the United
States’s attention and so they offered Indonesia cooperation in combating
terrorism. The cooperation between Indonesia and the United States is
actualized with the implementation of counter terrorism. This research will
explain the process of the implementation of Indonesia-United States
cooperation on counter terrorism in Indonesia. On the process of the
cooperation, there are supporting and inhibiting factors that affect the
consummation of Indonesia-United States cooperation on counter terrorism.
This research uses qualitative method with explanative analysis. The research
shows that the cooperation between Indonesia-United States helps Indonesia
preventing terrorism acts. The prevention form on terrorism mostly done by
the Special Detachment 88 (Densus 88), which successfully combat the
terrorists and raid the terrorists’s quarters. The reliable investigation and
raid skills came from United States' training provided by the FBI to the best
Indonesian police forces.