BBC Monitoring quotes from Indonesian press 19 Jan 07.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

The following is a selection of quotes from editorials and commentaries published in 18-19 January editions of Indonesian newspapers available to BBC Monitoring:

Iraq, US

Jakarta's Kompas: www.kompas.com "How absurd the situation in Iraq! Bomb attacks did not spare students... The bloody incident in a campus compound in the Shi'i residential has only made the condition more tragic... Efforts to improve security and order still continue to face deadlock. It is foreseen that the US plans to send another 21,500 troops will not change the situation..." (Editorial) (19)

2. "Perhaps many American …