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Indonesia riots: Jerry Duane Gray, ex-US serviceman arrested for YouTube rant against Jokowi, wrote 9/11 conspiracy book ‘Allah loves me’
- Jerry Duane Gray, who served in the US Air Force for four years, converted to Islam and took Indonesian citizenship in 2010
- He uploaded a rant claiming the country’s government had been infiltrated by communists as deadly riots were rocking the capital of Jakarta
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A former American serviceman arrested in Indonesia after claiming in a YouTube video that the government had been “infiltrated by communists” is a convert to Islam who has written several books about US government conspiracy theories against the religion.
The video by Jerry Duane Gray – who has authored books including ‘The Real Truth of 9/11’, ‘Art of Deception: They Deceive the World’ and ‘Allah Loves Me’ – uploaded his rant against the government of newly re-elected Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the same time as riots were rocking the capital of Jakarta, killing 8 and injuring hundreds.
Gray, 59, had visited the scene of the riots – sparked when supporters of the former special forces general Prabowo Subianto gathered outside the Elections Supervisory Agency to demonstrate against their candidate’s loss to Widodo in April’s election – shortly before filming his 1.16-minute video clip from the nearby Hotel Wisma 9.
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In the video, Gray – who served in the US Air Force for four years – called on Widodo to step down, saying the “situation in [Indonesia] is dire because there is a lot of cheating from the current regime”.
“It is very clear communists have infiltrated Indonesia and want to take over the country,” said Gray, who took Indonesian citizenship in 2010 and is thought to be on his second marriage to an Indonesian woman, a local television journalist.
“The people of Indonesia should unite … until the name of the person who is the president of the Republic of Indonesia is Prabowo and not the name of the person right now,” said Gray in the video. “The [current president] is dishonest…. he should step down and should also face the law as he does not follow the constitution of Indonesia.”
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