His name is not as popular as that of Ishak Daud or Sofyan Daud. But this rotund man is a key figure in the Free Aceh Movement (GAM). He says he is the one who linked up Aceh Governor Abdullah Puteh with GAM Prime Minister Malik Mahmud at the end of 1999.

Sayed Mustafa Usab, 42, was born in Kabu Tunong in southern Aceh. He was once GAM coordinator for the Mereuhon Daya and South Aceh areas (1999-2001). His task was to provide infor