FROM his headquarters in the center of Bireuen City, North Aceh, Sofyan Ali shares the same dream as the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), his greatest enemy for the past three years. The Head of the Front Against the Separatist Free Aceh Movement is preparing himself for when the peace accord officially becomes effective.

Like GAM, he is also getting ready to form a local party. The difference is, Theyre rebels, were not, said Sofyan last Thursday. Altho