From A Remote Village Front
The conflict in Aceh has subsided following the Helsinki peace agreement. GAM admits to having destroyed their homemade weapons, but anti-GAM groups have yet to be disbanded.
August 30, 2005
FROM behind the Bener Meriah hills comes the news on Tuesday last week that a regiment of Free Aceh Movement (GAM) guerrilla fighters are on the prowl. The night is getting late and darkness swallows up the villages at the foot of the hill. Streetlights shining like fireflies grow dim, shrouded in mist. Aware of the bad news, a group of residents from Kresek village at Bener Meriah, hurry towards the home of Trisno, 38. GAM is close by, reports o
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