OPM: Like Pacific Waves

The movement of the Free Papua Organization, OPM, is an example of how a guerrilla force is always hard for the military to break up.

January 16, 2001

Kobagma, one late afternoon in 1977. Eleven soccer players from Battalion 10 of the Army’s Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad) is going up against 11 opponents from Kobagma District, Wamena. In the first quarter of an hour, the Kostrad line of defense was having a fierce struggle. But before the ball could find the back of the net, suddenly the referee blew his whistle, tweeet… As if on command, hundreds of spectators stormed onto th

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