For Aceh, A Lesson From Scotland
October 2, 2000
The problem of Aceh is now more difficult. If it is true that the actors behind the latest bombings in Jakarta are directly or indirectly related to the Acehnese separatist movement, then the problem the country is now facing is going to be two or three levels more complex.
In short, it is possible that the Aceh-Indonesia relationship will evolve into something that resembles the problem in Northern Ireland, with all its terror and bombings,
...