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2001 LIFE

Indonesian troops pray outside the presidential palace
JOHN STANMEYER, VII FOR TIME

"Maybe they're here to protect the palace."
Abdurrahman Wahid, former President of Indonesia, on the tanks and praying troops assembled outside the presidential palace, shortly before his ouster

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