THE meeting took place at a small house in the Muara Dua area of Lhokseumawe in early December, not long before the start of the election campaign for the Acehnese governorship. The 20 youths seated on the floorformer Free Aceh Movement (GAM) guerrilla fighters and activists from the Aceh Referendum Information Center (SIRA)had gathered for a ceremonial meal. The first agenda item for the evening was a discussion on a strategy to win the seat of