The Great Divide Remains
The peace accord reached in Geneva has put an end to the fighting in Aceh. But for how long?
December 10, 2002
CHIEF Brigadier Yudi has served in Aceh for three years now. As a member of the police Mobile Brigade (Brimob) in the blooddrenched region, he never forgets to carry his heavy assault rifle, the so-called SS-1, while on patrol duty. "It is easy to use and I have become accustomed to using it," he says. It is with the same weapon that Yudi admits to having shot dead a member of the Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM) or Free Aceh Movement who ambushed a
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