TENS of military trucks rumbled, back and forth, in and out of the area of the oil and natural gas company PT Arun in Aceh. Hundreds of soldiers got off to take guard duty in every corner of the compound, with machine guns at the ready in their hands. The tight barricade stretched up to Batuphat area, 15 kilometers west of Lhokseumawe town. Was Arun on the verge of being invaded by armed units of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM)? Not exactly. The