Front Lines

In Aceh, many civil groups are becoming bolder, opposing GAM. Although some have had military training, they refuse to be called militias.

January 27, 2004

SOFYAN Ali remembers his bitter experience with a heart that has been cut to pieces. One day during the month of Ramadan last year his vehicle was stopped by three armed men. They were not masked, but three pistol barrels were immediately directed at Sofyan's forehead. Admittedly bullets did not then fly. But a savage fight then did erupt, and when it ended Sofyan's body was black and blue. "We had all once eaten from the same dish,"

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