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[-said]: Their number one enemy is the police and ‘thaghut’ [infidel] government officials,
thejakartaglobe 29-NOV-11
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[-said]: There’s now a sort of changing of tactics, where terrorists realize that the bigger their organization, the easier it is for the authorities to detect,
thejakartaglobe 29-NOV-11
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[-also warned that]: Any public official who doesn’t back Shariah law is seen as an infidel, while their motivation for attacking the police is out of revenge for their colleagues who have been killed or arrested by police.
thejakartaglobe 29-NOV-11
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[ says]: I think in this case in Ambon, there were people that were skilled in the use of text messages, Twitter and Facebook actually taking tendentious rumors and proving that they were false and getting that information out through social networking sites immediately, deploying people in some of the worst-hit conflict areas and so on,
voanews 05-OCT-11
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[-says]: Three hundred sites have been blocked, but the most dangerous ones are still there and upgrading, so it's not clear what goal is being served,
voanews 05-OCT-11
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[ says]: The local police failed on every count: community relations, intelligence, investigative capabilities and basic preparedness
reliefWeb 04-OCT-11
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[ said]: They are a real force here. They are a greater long-term threat to Indonesia than people who use violence,
ABCnews 02-OCT-11
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[said:]: There's been a change in the international jihadi ideology where basically people are being exhorted to do jihad by themselves, rather than risk being caught by being part of a large group with an (leader).
channelnewsasia 29-SEP-11
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[ says]: Islamic medicine carries a cachet that, by taking it, you are reinforcing your faith — and the profits go to Muslims,
arabtimes 27-SEP-11
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[ said]: The lasting impact of the conflict is mutual distrust, so that when some issue arises, as it did in this case, that the emotions that are raised as a result can very quickly explode into something major,
voanews 13-SEP-11
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[ said]: I think the verdicts were appalling and underscore an image that the Indonesian government is going to have to confront, which is of a place of growing intolerance,
latimes 03-SEP-11
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[ notes]: If you look at where terrorism arises, there are usually three factors,
voanews 01-SEP-11
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[-explains]: The people who got involved in radical movements overwhelmingly got involved for local reasons, even though solidarity with Muslims persecuted overseas was a very important part of the rhetoric, but the drivers were local,
voanews 01-SEP-11
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[-said]: The Indonesian prison system automatically gives remission to people even terrorists with less than five years sentences and people serving more than five years get remission, or sometimes get remissions for good behavior once two thirds of their sentence has been served,
globalsecurity 20-AUG-11
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[-noted]: In his case he played a role in constructing the first Bali bomb. He wasn't the mastermind and he wasn't the head field operative. So if you are going by analogy to other people who played a similar role, he could get a heavy sentence 20 years maybe but I would not expect him to get a death sentence,
globalsecurity 20-AUG-11
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[-said]: He's in a position to know more than almost anyone else in the region exactly what the strengths, networks, contacts, finances and so on of each of these groups is,
javno 12-AUG-11
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[ said]: Was he trying to meet Osama bin Laden? Who knows,
IHT 12-AUG-11
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[ said]: I think the issue of the information he has about international networks will be critical,
todayonline 11-AUG-11
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[-said]: He can still get a stiff sentence,
cnn 11-AUG-11
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[-said]: The police have faced a lot of criticism over the past year for being too quick to shoot. And I think they were probably genuinely interested in avoiding a confrontation where they might be accused of using undue force against students,
voanews 19-JUL-11
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[-stated]: This is a school which has been intertwined in the radical networks since it was founded basically it should have been on the radar screen from 2004,
globalsecurity 19-JUL-11
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[-stated]: This is a school which has been intertwined in the radical networks since it was founded basically … it should have been on the radar screen from 2004,
voanews 19-JUL-11
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[ says]: Despite the steady weakening of major jihadi groups, the potential for low-tech, low casualty terrorist violence in Indonesia remains high, facilitated by corruption and other shortcomings in key state institutions,
thestar 19-JUN-11
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[ said]: There's the potential for small cells forming for joint actions at a local level, and it's not a good development,
reuters 17-JUN-11
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[ said]: I’m not sure his conviction and sentencing will have any major impact on the jihadi movement more generally because I think the groups that are emerging are already acting on their own initiative without needing direction from him,
globalsecurity 16-JUN-11
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[ said]: I don't think his conviction will have much impact one way or the other -- most of the small groups that have emerged over the last two years seem to be acting on their own initiative, not on the instruction of a single leader like Bashir,
reuters 16-JUN-11
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[ said]: an indication of how strong the Indonesian government's commitment continues to be in terms of prosecuting terrorism in open trials and through effective law enforcement,
news 16-JUN-11
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[ said]: I think there is a merging of extremist agendas,
IHT 22-MAY-11
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[ said]: The violence here is small-group initiated, more aimed at targeted killings than big bombings and more aimed at local targets than foreigners,
asiatimes 10-MAY-11
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[-said]: There can be international changes that have an impact on the definition of enemy and the choice of targets, even in a place as peripheral as Indonesia,
asiatimes 10-MAY-11
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[-said]: exactly what the nature of his communication was with the al-Qaida organization and who else from Southeast Asia is actively working with al-Qaida in propaganda, training, or even operations.
javno 05-MAY-11
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[ said]: Indonesian authorities need to be asking Patek exactly what the nature of his communication was with the al-Qaida organization and who else from Southeast Asia is actively working with al-Qaida in propaganda, training, or even operations,
JakartaPost 04-MAY-11
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[ said]: I think the major impact would be in Indonesia,
reuters 04-MAY-11
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[ said]: It's possibly linked, but we don't know for a fact,
smh 02-MAY-11
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[ said]: It's possibly linked but we don't know for a fact,
smh 02-MAY-11
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[ said]: These larger organizations at the same time are saying that the reason we are not engaging in violence now is that we don't have public support,
voanews 27-APR-11
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[ said]: The emergence of these small groups undertaking jihad on their own highlights the urgent need for prevention programs -- which are virtually nonexistent in Indonesia,
cnn 21-APR-11
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[ said]: The emergence of these small groups undertaking jihad on their own highlights the urgent need for prevention programs -- which are virtually non-existent in Indonesia,
cnn 20-APR-11
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[ says]: The emergence of these small groups undertaking jihad on their own highlights the urgent need for prevention programs – which are virtually non-existent in Indonesia
crisisgroup 19-APR-11
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[ said]: One of the things that shifted over the last two years or so is much more of an emphasis on local targets and the police are number one, particularly since the break up of the militant training camp in Aceh in February, 2010, where the police arrested more than 100 people, killed about 24, 25, in the course of trying to arrest them. And, I think that series of events, more more than anything else, just catapulted the police to the top of the enemies list,
globalsecurity 19-APR-11
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[ explains]: This is part of a pattern of do-it-yourself jihad,
news 18-APR-11
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[ concludes]: Attacks over the past four or five months are a combination of force of circumstances and ideology,
news 18-APR-11
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[ says]: We’re seeing much more activity on the part of small groups of seven to 10 people rather than the JI or JAT [Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid],
csmonitor 07-APR-11
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[-said]: However, we have not known what Umar Patek has been up to during the last two to three years,
JakartaPost 30-MAR-11
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[ said]: the nature of terrorist groups in the Philippines; their relations with Indonesian groups in terms of training, financing, communication and ideology; and the nature of links between South Asian and Southeast Asian extremists,
cnn 30-MAR-11
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[ says]: History is not on the side of successful resolution, and the obstacles are enormous
reliefWeb 24-MAR-11
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[ says]: Add to this the in-bred nature of a tiny political elite with 30 years’ shared history, and you have a recipe for disaster
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: If Darul Islam's past is any guide, JI may be able to weather internal splits and survive the arrests of its top leaders, but it's unlikely to expand very far outside of its old DI base
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: Darul Islam's ability to adapt and survive over the past five decades suggests Indonesia is unlikely to eradicate JI, but it ought to be able to contain the terrorist threat if it can manage communal tensions, improve law enforcement capacity, and exert better control over the sale and transfer of arms, ammunition, and explosives
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ said]: The reality of communal tensions in South East Maluku needs to be faced squarely
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[-says]: Noordin has shown remarkable determination and capacity to plan operations even as he loses his closest colleagues to police dragnets and remains the target of Indonesia’s biggest ever manhunt,
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: There is still no evidence of outside involvement in the violence
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: Earlier conflicts in Ambon and Poso proved to be superb recruiting mechanisms for jihadist organisations
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: Noordin may think of himself as JI, but since the 2003 Marriott bombing, he has been running his own show that is seen as a deviant splinter by many in the JI mainstream,
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: In some ways, the purist salafis are a more potent barrier against jihadis like JI than the pluralist Muslims who often become the recipients of Western donor aid
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: Salafis may come across to outsiders as intolerant and reactionary, but for the most part, they have a very different interpretation of jihad than the kind of people who join JI, and JI appears to have had little success recruiting from salafi schools
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: Personal networks are at least as relevant as organisational affiliation in determining how teams of operatives get put together for acts of violence
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: These private security forces often exacerbate rather than reduce security problems, especially when they are linked to particular religious, ethnic, or political groups
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: The sobering revelation is how easy the transformation can be, if the right ingredients are present
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[said:]: GAM appears to be systematically moving into the void left by a widely discredited provincial government. As long as that government is seen to embody autonomy, many Acehnese will view independence as preferable. While keeping the cease-fire is crucial, it is equally important to improve governance in Aceh
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ said]: This agreement is Aceh’s last best hope,
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ said]: As it stands, the two sides are too far apart, the potential spoilers too numerous, and the political will in Manila too weak to hope for a negotiated peace anytime soon, but progress around the edges is possible
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: Many in the TNI are convinced that GAM is still committed to independence, and that a big victory for Partai Aceh, GAM’s political party, could threaten the unity of the republic
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: Whether Megawati is reinstalled or a Golkar candidate elected, it would be unrealistic to expect either to embark on a program to tackle Indonesia’s ubiquitous corruption, particularly the urgent need to overhaul the judicial system,
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: President Megawati Soekarnoputri’s leadership has been deeply disappointing, not only for those who had once held her up as a beacon of reform but also for those who had hoped she would use this period of relative political stability to tackle some of the country’s enormous problems
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: Since wiser heads have prevailed thus far every time a potential obstacle has arisen, there is every reason to believe that a way will be found around this problem, too
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: There were already indications that the suspects and their sympathisers were portraying police operations as a fight against thoghut – anti-Islamic forces – in an effort to enlist other mujahidin from outside their own group
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ said]: I’m just baffled,
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: How can we answer charges when the charges are made in secret?
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[-also notes that]: I would be more than happy to appear before Commission I and respond in detail to whatever questions Commission members would like to pose.
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: Most Indonesians are outraged by terrorist attacks on civilians, but the ideology that legitimises those attacks is hard to eradicate
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: It is clear that JI members have worked out arrangements with individual MILF commanders
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: Achieving peace will not be easy[*]but
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: No one should underestimate the difficulties of settling this conflict
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: There’s a wide gulf between the popularity of Islamic law in principle and the unpopularity of how it’s being enforced
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: The most useful assistance the international community can provide to Papua is development aid to strengthen local institutions and deliver basic services
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: These publishers are disseminating a radical message, but they also may be playing a positive role by channelling JI energies into jihad through the printed word rather than through acts of violence,
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: Many people in Jakarta and the international donor community have declared Aceh a success and turned to other matters
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: Despite remaining questions about whether the death toll was needlessly high, the operations have to be seen as a net gain for peace
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ said]: JI is in a building and consolidation phase, which means that it is unlikely to be interested in large, expensive operations that could further weaken its support base
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: The potential for communal conflict is high in Papua because both sides consider themselves aggrieved
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: A dialogue, if carefully prepared, offers the possibility of addressing longstanding grievances, without calling Indonesian sovereignty into question
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: Prison reform is essential in Indonesia for many different reasons, but helping buttress deradicalisation programs is one
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: The Yudhoyono government sees Aceh as a closed book with a happy ending
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: Some of these steps have long been planned, but implementation is overdue
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: To call it a feud is to diminish the Arroyo administration’s role in allowing a local despot to indulge his greed and ambition, including through building up a private army in the name of fighting insurgents
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: The conflict is essentially administrative, but it is widely perceived as religious
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: The trick is to encourage the disbanding of these organisations without jeopardising freedom of association, and to improve the capacity of the police, so that fighting crime and protecting the community do not have to be taken on by groups with an ethnic, religious, or political affiliation
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: The military and much of the government leadership believe they can defeat or permanently weaken the Tigers by the end of 2008
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: The peace process remains very much on track, but everyone concerned about Aceh should realise that the really hard part is just beginning
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: If Indonesia's democracy had been less robust, the North Maluku dispute could have been disastrous
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: The central government needs to realise that it is in its own interest to help the Papuan People’s Council succeed
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: The Yudhoyono government made a serious error in 2005 by inviting MUI to help shape policy
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: The challenge now is to govern effectively and cleanly in the face of high expectations and serious obstacles
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: The political distance Aceh has travelled since the December 2004 tsunami is remarkable that GAM members would be contesting local office and the Indonesian government would permit it seemed unthinkable two years ago
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: JI is not a monolithic organisation with a single set of goals
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: JI was viewed as slow and bureaucratic
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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[ says]: Counter-terrorism and respect for human rights are complementary, because they share the objective of protecting the innocent by prosecuting the guilty
crisisgroup 19-MAR-11
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