Harry Kawilarang

Harry Alexander Kawilarang was born on September 27th 1944, in Tondano, North Sulawesi. His career as journalist started as an active member of the Indonesia's Student Journalist Association (Ikatan Pers Mahasiswa Indonesia, IPMI), while at the same time studied at the Publicity Faculty of Prof. Moestopo University in 1965 in Jakarta. He was also an activist with the Student Movement during the "Silent Revolution" in 1966 in changing the Indonesian Old Order Regime. Harry went to Europe and studied on press-photography and journalism courses in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 1966. He continued his to study in Hamburg and Berlin the following year. During the student years in Europe, he was appointed by the Indonesian student paper, KAMI as correspondent in Europe in 1966-68.

After finishing study in Europe for two years, he started his career as photo-reporter with Utusan Malaysia newspaper, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1968 for one year. In widening his experience on journalism, he became a free-lance war-photographer and was working as a stringer to various media and news-agencies covering the Vietnam War (1969-70). After three years adventuring in Southeast-Asia, Harry returned to Indonesia in 1971, and start working as photo-journalist with Indonesia Raya daily (1971-1972), Sinar Harapan daily (1973-1980), Mutiara Biweekly (1980-1986), the TSM (Teknology Strategy & Militer) military monthly (1987-1993) and Suara Pembaruan (1991-2001).

Harry was more the less self-made, with full of initiatives in creating his identity not only as a photojournalist, but also as an active writer. Not only his pictures were eye-catching, but he has also a strong readership as a travel writer with his feature stories. His East-Timor story was among the well-known "scoop" stories in his career, when as the first journalist that enter Dili, two days after the dictatorship in Portugal was toppled through the "Flower Revolution" in Lisbon in late April 1974. Since that time, he has two jobs, in photo as well as writer, on travel, environment, social-economy, history, politics, general features, etc.

Harry became more active and well known as a writer specializing on international relation and military affairs since beginning 1980 and was appointed as foreign desk editor at Mutiara biweekly magazine. Because of his interest on military affairs, he was appointed as senior editor to the TSM (Teknologi Strategi & Militer), the first Indonesian military monthly magazine that was founded in 1987. Through this medium gave him the opportunity in widening this interest and was attending to many military institutes abroad, attending various international seminars and met prominent figures that are well-known on military affairs. As result of all the experiences, gave him the idea since 1980 collecting and compiling quotations, proverbs, wise sayings, and important military historical events. All of these sources he got it from reading books, newspapers, magazines, following speeches, and interviewing and oral conversations with many prominent figures from 120 countries he had ever visit.

Harry has retired as senior editor from Suara Pembaruan, the Indonesian daily since 2001, but his dedication as photo-reporter, photo-journalist, foreign correspondent to senior editor, had enriched his experience, and is now an active book writer on politics, military, international relations.


Indonesian Version :
Harry Alexander Kawilarang dilahirkan pada 27 September 1944, di Tondano, Sulawesi Utara.Karirnya sebagai wartawan mulai sebagai seorang anggota aktif Ikatan Pers Mahasiswa Indonesia, IPMI, sedangkan sekaligus dia belajar di Fakultas Publisitas Prof Moestopo University pada 1965 di Jakarta.Dia adalah juga seorang aktivis dengan Gerak-gerik Mahasiswa selama "Revolusi Diam" pada 1966 dalam berganti Rezim Orde Lama Indonesia.Harry pergi ke Eropa dan ikut belajar press fotografi dan kursus jurnalis di Amsterdam, Belanda pada tahun 1966.Dia meneruskan studinya di Hamburg dan Berlin tahun berikutnya.Selama tahun-tahun mahasiswanya di Eropa dia diangkat oleh majalah mahasiswa Indonesia KAMI sebagai koresponden di Eropa pada tahun 1966-68.

Sesudah menyelesaikan studinya di Eropa selama dua tahun, dia mulai karirnya sebagai wartawan-foto dengan surat kabar Utusan Malaysia, di Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pada tahun 1968 selama satu tahun. Memperluas pengalamannya di bidang jurnalistik, dia menjadi juru potret perang freelance dan bekerja untuk berbagai media dan agen-berita meliputi Perang Vietnam (1969-70). Sesudah tiga tahun bertualang di Asia Tenggara, Harry pulang kembali ke Indonesia pada tahun 1971, dan mulai bekerja sebagai wartawan-foto di harian Indonesia Raya (1971-1972), harian Sinar Harapan (1973-1980), dwi-mingguan Mutiara (1980-1986), TSM (Teknology Strategy & Militer) majalah bulanan militer (1987-1993) dan Suara Pembaruan (1991-2001).

Harry lebih kurang auto didact, penuh inisiatif dalam membuat identitasnya, tak hanya sebagai wartawan-foto, tetapi juga sebagai seorang penulis yang aktif. Tidak hanya gambarnya yang menarik, tetapi sebagai seorang penulis perjalanan dengan ciri-ciri ceritanya, dia juga mempunyai sejumlah penggemar pembaca. Cerita Timor-Timurnya adalah salah satu cerita "scoop" yang terkenal di karirnya, menjadi wartawan pertama yang memasuki Dili, dua hari setelah diktatur di Portugal dijatuhkan lewat "Flower Revolution" di Lisbon, menjelang akhir April 1974.Sejak saat itu, dia mempunyai dua pekerjaan, sebagai seorang wartawan foto serta seorang penulis, atas perjalanan, lingkungan, ekonomi sosial, sejarah, politik, ciri-ciri umum, dll.

Harry menjadi lebih aktif dan tenar sebagai seorang penulis khusus dibidang hubungan internasional dan urusan militer dari awal tahun 1980 dan ditunjuk sebagai seorang foreign desk editor di majalah Mutiara dwi-mingguan. Karena ketertarikannya dalam urusan militer, dia diangkat sebagai senior redaktur kepada TSM (Teknologi Strategi & Militer), majalah bulanan militer pertama Indonesia yang didirikan pada 1987.Medium ini memberinya kesempatan untuk memperluas tertarikannya, selanjutnya menghadiri banyak institut militer yang di luar negeri, menghadiri berbagai seminar internasional dan menemui tokoh prominen yang beken di bidang militer. Hasil semua pengalaman ini memberinya gagasan mulai tahun 1980 untuk mengumpulkan dan menyusun kutipan, pepatah, pepatah bijaksana, dan peristiwa sejarah militer yang penting. Semua sumber ini dia mendapat dari membaca buku, koran, majalah, mengikuti pidato, mewawancarai dan dari percakapan lisan dengan banyak tokoh prominen dari 120 negara yang dia sudah berkunjung.

Harry sudah mengundurkan diri sebagai seorang redaktur senior dari Suara Pembaruan, harian Indonesia sejak 2001, tetapi pengabdiannya sebagai wartawan-foto, wartawan asing sampai senior redaktur, sudah memperkaya pengalamannya. Saat ini Harry Kawilarang adalah seorang penulis buku aktif dibidang politik, militer dan hubungan internasional.

Quotation on Terrorism by Harry Kawilarang

About the Book
The year 2000 showed that terrorism continues to pose a clear and present danger to the international community. Terrorism is becoming a strategy that has a long history, but one that took on a particularly deadly caste beginning in the 21th century. The leaders of some of the most dangerous terrorist groups to emerge in the past decade have headquarters or major offices in Afghanistan, and their associates threaten stability in many real and potential trouble spots around the globe - from Indonesia to the Balkans, Central Asia to the Persian Gulf, Western China to Somalia, and Western Europe to South Asia.

Terrorists attempt not only to sow panic but also to undermine confidence in the government and political leadership of their target country. Terrorism is therefore designed to have psychological effects that reach far beyond its impact on the immediate victims or object of an attack. Terrorists mean to frighten and thereby intimidate a wider audience, such as a rival ethnic or religious group, an entire country and its political leadership, or the international community as a whole.

All terrorist acts involve violence or "equally important" the threat of violence. These violent acts are committed by nongovernmental groups or individuals that is, by those who are neither part of nor officially serving in the military forces, law enforcement agencies, intelligence services, or other governmental agencies of an established nation-state.

Terrorism has occurred throughout history for a variety of reasons. It causes can be historical, cultural, political, social, psychological, economic, or religious, or any combination of these. Some countries have proven to be particularly susceptible to terrorism at certain times, as Italy and West Germany were during the 1970s. Terrorist violence escalated precipitously in those two countries for a decade before declining equally dramatically. Other countries, such as Canada and The Netherlands, have proven to be more resistant, and have experienced only a few isolated terrorist incidents.

In general, democratic countries have provided more fertile ground for terrorism because of the open nature of their societies. In such societies citizens have fundamental rights, civil liberties are legally protected, and government control and constant surveillance of its citizens and their activities is absent. By the same token, repressive societies, in which the government closely monitors citizens and restricts their speech and movement, have often provided more difficult environments for terrorists. But even police states have not been immune to terrorism, despite limiting civil liberties and forbidding free speech and rights of assembly. Examples include Russia under tsarist rule and the Communist-ruled Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, as well as the People's Republic of China, Myanmar, and Laos.

The author expressed it all through quotations which was compiled from public figures, authors, poets, scholars, experts, professionals, statements, and the common people, and collected from books, newspapers, news-weeklies, poems, speeches, oral conversations, etc from all part of the world in connecting with the content of this book since 1980.

Table of Contents or Excerpts
Coping with Terrorism

To understand the character of terrorist threats, one must understand the interests and objectives of those carrying out such violent acts. Traditional use of political violence has been tied closely to governments, national liberation movements, or political ideologies with relatively narrow goals. Such acts are used to force negotiations, end negotiations, or intimidate or topple governments. Tom McConnell

Terrorist groups with broad "ideological" or religious interests are more dangerous than those with narrow political agendas. The traditional paradigm was of groups with specific political objectives focusing on killing small numbers of people in order to gain negotiating leverage. The new threat, by organizations such as bin Laden's al Qaeda, is broadly destructive violence in pursuit of a millennial goal. They seek maximum carnage in order to undermine political will. US National Commission on Terrorism

Eleven September Tragedy

The worst act of terrorism on US soil was committed on September 11, 2001, when bands of four to five terrorists took control of four airliners, United Airlines Flights 93 and 175 and American Airlines Flights 11 and 77. In describing the events, it is easy to fall back on familiar, journalistic terms and refer to attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon as if the buildings were the chief victims. The reality, of course is much different: Within the space of two hours, more than 5,000 men, women and children were terrorized, tortured, slashed with knives, burned to death, and crushed under tons of rubble in a premeditated act of mass murder. In addition, 4,000 or more children lost a parent that day in the terrorist attacks. Twin Towers Orphan Fund

Today, the US, joined by nations throughout the world, is engaged in a sustained effort to identify and destroy a global network of terrorists. With our abiding faith in human life and freedom, we will prevail over those who, cynically exploiting the fears of others, offer nothing but suffering and death. George W Bush

The events of September 11, (2001) brought home to us in tragic fashion the global reach of terrorists in today's world. The lesson is clear: To defeat terrorists, we must identify them, we must find them, and we must seize them wherever they are in the world doing their evil deeds or plotting new evil deeds. Colin Powell (October 10, 2001)

The Third World War began on Tuesday September 11 on the East Coast of the United States. L'Express -French magazine

Sectarian Conflict

Death comes to everyone. We must stand proud as Afghans in the defense of Islam. Mohammed Omar (radio address on Friday, September 14 2001)

The past few decades have witnessed the birth of dozens of aggressive movements espousing varieties of nationalism, religious fundamentalism, fascism, and apocalyptic millenarianism, from Hindu nationalists in India to neofascists in Europe and the developing world to the Branch Davidian cult of Waco, Texas. Bokhari

The call for a jihad was responded by a cakalele dance (traditional war dance). Hands and legs of the Hatuhara people of Haruku Island, South Maluku suddenly become stiff. They made growling sounds like a tiger ready to pounce. It was said that in their trance position, they are invulnerable to attack by any weapon. The specific war dance from the Central Maluku was an expression of their courage in facing enemy. Gatra - Indonesian weeky

Secret Society

Bad ideas flourish because they are in the interest of powerful groups. Paul Krugman

The invisible Money Power is working to control and enslave mankind. It financed Communism, Fascism, Marxism, Zionism, Socialism. All of these are directed to making the US a member of a World Government ... Unknown

We operate here under directives which emulate (sic) from White House ... The substance of the directives under which we operate is that we shall use our grant making power to alter life in the United States so that we can comfortably be merged with the Soviet Union. Rowan Gaither

Ike (Dwight Eisenhower) was President at the time. The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is the American Branch of a society, which originated in England (and) believes national boundaries should be obliterated and one-world rule established. Carroll Quigley (Tragedy and Hope)

There is ...a huge tacit conspiracy between the US government, its agencies and its multinational corporations, on the one hand, and local business and military cliques in the Third World, on the other, to assume complete control of these countries and "develop" them on a joint venture basis. The military leaders of the Third World were carefully nurtured by the US security establishment to serve as the "enforcers" of this joint venture partnership, and they have been duly supplied with machine guns and the latest data on methods of interrogation of subversives. Edward Herman

Behind the Bilderbergers, Trilateralists and other usual suspects we find the Freemasons, behind them the Illuminati, behind them the Templars, the Cathars, the Gnostics. K Macleod The interests behind the Bush Administration, such as the CFR, The Trilateral Commission -founded by Brzezinski for David Rockefeller- and the Bilderberger Group, have prepared for and are now moving to implement open world dictatorship within the next five years. They are notfighting against terrorists. They are fighting against citizens. Johannes B Koeppl

War AND Terrorism

Someday they'll give a war and nobody will come. Carl Sandburg

Terrorism is a strategy based on psychological impact. In most cases, their capability is rather slim. Alex P Schmid

It is not necessary to glorify terrorists, to defend them, to understand their mental state, certainly not to like them, in order to fashion a pragmatic approach to dealing with what they do. But a pragmatic approach is necessary because today's terrorist may become tomorrow's visiting head of state. Donna M Schlagheck

The terrorist may not intend the death of an innocent person any more than the soldier intends the death from "collateral damage" which is the stuff of modern warfare. Yet each knows that such deaths will result. James L Walker

We are at war. We should declare war. No country need be named. We should build up conventional military for what will escalate into confrontation and possibly war with one or more of the governments, which have long supported terrorism and opposed the US. We must see it through no matter how long it takes. Robert Kagan

Waging war has become increasingly expensive and risky because it can lead to a direct nuclear confrontation between the two superpowers or escalation in conventional war among smaller states. Therefore, terrorism is a war waged by proxy. It permits regimes to engage in aggression while evading responsibility or retaliation. Benjamin Netanyahu

War Against Terrorism

The hour is coming. We are signed up to a war against a country that may or may not be harbouring a man who may or may not be responsible for the greatest terrorist atrocity of modern times. Tony Blair

Assassinate! Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most. Thucydides (sealed in glass on US Army General Colin Powell's desk)

This makes make sense. Kill the trouble makers rather than the brainwashed grunt footsoldiers ... Colin Powell

Know Thy Enemy! Let us therefore reject all superstition in order to become more human; but in speaking against fanaticism, let us not imitate the fanatics: they are sick men in delirium who want to chastise their doctors. Let us assuage their ills, and never embitter them, and let us pour drop by drop into their souls the divine balm of toleration, which they would reject with horror if it were offered to them all at once. Voltaire

Evacuate! Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves. John Muir

A successful fight against terrorism will require discipline, patience and strength. There is no doubt that terrorists will test our resolve. There is no doubt that we will meet the test. William S Cohen Thousands of people had gone through al-Qaeda killer camps. And they're still roaming around. And so long as they're roaming around with the intention of hurting us, this nation will hunt them down. George W Bush

People often ask me: What can I do to participate in the war against terror? ... In this particular issue, I see things pretty clearly, in just plain terms. Since this is a war of good versus evil, those of who want to participate in the war against terror can do acts of kindness to overwhelm the evil done to the country. People can participate in the war against terror all kinds of ways. You can help serve as eyes and ears, you can alert, be alert. But you can love a neighbor. An American, in fighting the war against terror, can walk across the street to a neighbor who is shut in and say, "I care for you." And it's those millions of acts of kindness on a daily basis that define our country and stand defiantly in the face of evil. George W Bush

Osama bin Laden's jihad was proclaimed in the name of a past that never existed, in order to attain a future that can never be. Gordon S Fowkes

The war is against terrorism, not against any religion or a religious community! Unknown

War is not an effective answer to ending terrorism, but rather will entrap us in a spiral of violence. War will never change people's hearts. The use of violence in responding to terrorism would give rise to the permanent use of violence. Walter Altmann

War Against Terrorism (Alliance)

This war will not be waged by a grand alliance united for the single purpose of defeating an axis of hostile powers. Instead, it will involve floating coalitions of countries, which may change and evolve. Countries will have different roles and contribute in different ways. Some will provide diplomatic support, others financial, still others logistical and military. Some will help us publicly, while others, because of their circumstances, may help us privately and secretly. In this war, the mission will define the coalition not the other way around. Donald Rumsfeld

We continue to hold that September 11 was an assault on freedom, on civilization, on democracy, and India's stand against terrorism not simply starting from September 11, even before that has been unequivocal. And we stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the international community and the United States of America in our battle against this global menace. Jaswant Singh