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Mass Killings Under Suharto Recalled

BLITAR, Indonesia - Hiding out in the dense, humid jungle, Markus Talam watched Indonesian soldiers herd manacled prisoners from trucks, line them up, and mow them down with round after round of automatic weapons fire.

It was 1968, and the killings were part of a final offensive by forces under General Suharto to wipe out the communist party and secure his position as leader of Indonesia, now the world's most populous Muslim nation.