To Catch a Fox

The TNI traces GAM's position with a variety of communications equipment. But GAM seems wise to the strategy.

June 24, 2003

"Stork One…, Stork One…"
Eagle monitors, Stork One please reply.
"
Stork One monitors two canpoi…"

THE radio conversation of the Indonesian Military (TNI) broke the dawn silence. Stork One (the troops in the field) was then reporting to Eagle (the commander at the operations center). The TNI troops had spotted canpoi, alias members of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) that were in action. Stork One had successfully tracked the movement of

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