Bombs in Jakarta, Emergency in Aceh

The Free Aceh Movement is accused of plotting terrorism in Jakarta. Or is it Jakartas ruse to sanction martial law in Aceh?

July 16, 2002

Syahrul Ariadi, 36, met his doom on Friday two weeks ago. Hardly had he set foot in the city after getting out of his old sedan, when four detectives of the Jakarta Metro Police, keeping him under constant surveillance, seized the man from Binjai. With his small frame, the man was helpless. His wife, Dewi, was just left to cry, pleading for her husbands release.

With bewildered eyes, and a feeling of shock, Syahrul could only witness the house he

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