The soul of GAM is in Stockholm, Sweden, around 10,000 kilometers from Aceh. In the south of the town is Kampung Aceh, where about 100 GAM fighters live, along with the esteemed and legendary Hasan Tiro.

ALthough greatly respected, Tiro, in fact, failed to keep the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) united. In 1999, Husaini Hasan—the former GAM Education Minister—formed a GAM Governing Council (MP). The split began with Hasan Tiro's critical