Aceh has been besieged by the 'Red & White'. In front of houses and offices, on the roadside and in alleyways, even in the forests of Seulawah mountain range—where no one lives—the Indonesian flag has swayed in the breeze for the past two weeks. "District military reports state that 90 percent of houses have the flags," said Infantry Colonel Endang Suwarya, from the Military Resort Command 012 Teuku Umar.

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