S.O.S.
January 4, 2005
WHAT more can we say about Aceh? That we were witness to unimaginable scenes of horror and destruction that Sunday morning on December 26? That Aceh province, known as the Verandah of Mecca had suddenly become a place of misfortune and misery? And even then, our grief turned to shame because we could do little to prevent it. The last tragedy of such proportions to hit the nation was the massive eruption of Mount Krakatoa in 1883. Today, the recen
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