Nonetheless, I told my Australian friends that they were making unnecessary enemies by burning the Indonesian flag.

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Many were clearly offended, however, when televised reports showed Australians in Melbourne and other cities burning the Indonesian flag.

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Recently two young men were apparently shot dead by Indonesian security forces for nothing more threatening than hoisting a Papuan independence flag.

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