Indonesia expelled an American expert on Southeast Asian terrorist networks, saying her activities could cause public disorder:
It is the second time that Sidney Jones, the project director for the International Crisis Group in Jakarta, has been barred from the country in as many years.
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The Brussels-based International Crisis Group opened an office in Indonesia in 2000 and has issued detailed and well-researched reports on separatist conflicts in Indonesia and the activities of the Al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah.
According to th Associated Press, it is not clear what Jones may have said to anger the government. Jones was also expelled from Indonesia in 2004 for allegedly publishing false reports damaging to the country's image.
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