AISYAH, 30, was unable to hold back her tears. The mother of five could only gaze somberly at Syahbali, who lay, frail, in Cut Meutia Hospital, Langsa Township, East Aceh, last Tuesday. As if unable to believe that her better half had returned home safely, she untiringly caressed her husbands body. Ten months had passed since the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) had torn apart their married bliss.

The memory of the dark-skinned attractive woman, an epilep