Staying the Course

For the first time since 1965, top army leaders held a meeting outside Java, in Aceh. Could this affect the current peace process?

April 1, 2003

THIS was not just an ordinary meeting of the army leadership. It could even be said to have been special, at least if its location was taken as the benchmark. The meeting in Lhokseumawe, held Wednesday through Friday, was the army's first since 1965—and the very first—in which a location outside Java has been selected. The location in itself has raised many questions, given that Aceh is a turbulent area which has only begun to enter

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