THE war in Aceh is now almost a month old. Victims continue to fall. From the Indonesian Military (TNI) at least 23 have died, 50 have been wounded, and one is missing. Civilian casualties have reached 68. On GAMs side, no fewer than 172 have been killed, 111 captured, and 144 have surrendered. In fact GAM has 5,300 members. This fact begs a serious question: where then are the other thousands of GAM members?

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