THE face of Mar'ie Muhammad, the chief of the negotiation team, remained calm. It was the second time for him to go to Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam with the negotiation team for the liberation of Ferry Santoro. Each time he got a headache because of the changing plan. On Saturday morning last week, Mar'ie and his team departed for Keude Geurubak, a village some 50 kilometers to the north of Langsa.

The plan was that at this village the operationa