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Southeast Asia
Indonesian special forces have recovered the body of American pilot Nicholas F. Goselin
2026-07-06
Followup to this story from yesterday.

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Indonesian special forces have recovered the body of American pilot Nicholas F. Goselin, who was killed after armed separatists
…the work of West Papua National Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement. Founded in 1963, they’re your standard ethnic nationalist separatists — not even Communist. As far as I can tell, they hate Indonesia and America — that’s it…
attacked his aircraft shortly after it landed at a remote airstrip in Indonesia's Papua region.

His remains are being transferred to the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta for repatriation, with the State Department assisting his family.
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