TNI Special Forces, Kostrad Elite Team And Marines Preparing To Kill MIT Poso

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PALU - Commander of Korem 132 / Tadulako, Brigadier General TNI Farid Makruf, is optimistic that the TNI special forces deployed will be able to crush Ali Kalora's armed gang leading the East Indonesian Mujahidin in Poso, Central Sulawesi.

"The troops that came consisted of Kostrad and Marines who had intelligence and combat expertise," said Makruf, in Palu as quoted by Antara, Tuesday, December 1.

He said that the arrival of this elite TNI team was to make the pursuit, search and suppression of armed gangs that spread terror effective and often act outside the boundaries of humanity towards their victims against residents in Sigi Regency, Central Sulawesi.

These gangs are known to employ forest guerrilla tactics and drag on so that this has to be dealt with by military forces that have counter-guerrilla forestry and intelligence qualifications.

The TNI Headquarters in recent years has had a Special Operations Command led by a major general. This organ is an operational command under the TNI commander, which consists of units of the three military units of special forces ready to be deployed according to the command of the TNI commander.

In general, they have qualifications in the fields of counterterrorism, infiltration and destruction behind opposing lines, intelligence and counterintelligence, urban and guerrilla warfare, raising, and others.

Makruf said the TNI special forces would also strengthen the strength of the Tinombala Task Force which had been established so far.

"Gaining greater strength with the arrival of these special forces and the arrival of these troops is very meaningful to be able to quickly find hiding points and chase against the MIT Poso group led by Ali Kalora," he said.

Makruf said that the TNI special forces were stationed in an area that was ready to move quickly in case of trouble.

The arrival of this special force was very meaningful in being able to quickly find a hiding point and pursuing the MIT Poso group led by Ali Kalora - Santoso's right hand man who died a few years ago.

Makruf said that the Tinombala Task Force was currently tracking and hunting down the DPO MIT Poso, whose presence is suspected of being in the Sigi Regency, Central Sulawesi.

"But it is possible to have moved to other areas and we are looking for them," he said.

As previously reported, the arrival of the TNI special forces to hunt down the MIT Poso group that was suspected of committing heinous acts of violence against residents in Lembantongo, Palolo District, Sigi Regency, Friday, November 29 caused four casualties and several residents' houses were burned by the suspected perpetrator of the DPO MIT Poso group. .