No Free Lunch, Aceh
The presence of thousands of foreign troops in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam has aroused suspicion. Complications have arisen due to the lack of clear-cut coordination. No such thing as a free lunch, eh?
Tempo
January 18, 2005
THE coordinating meeting of the national disaster relief team in Aceh, held at the meeting hall of the Governor of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam last Tuesday night, was close to finishing. The clock read 10:30pm. Some who took part in the meeting had not risen from their chairs. The Coordinating Minister for Social Welfare, Alwi Shihab, seemed restless. Something was not right.
Alwi, the managing chairman of the national team, summoned Maj. Gen. Bam
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