Aim for the Heart and Mind, Not the Body
Innocent people will always be the victims if Snouck Hurgronje's strategy continues to be applied. Is there an effective way to end the conflict?
August 19, 2003
THE woman lies motionless on the bed in the Iskandar Muda Military Hospital, Banda Aceh, bandages covering almost half of her back. Her wounds have not yet dried and there are still bloodstains. Occasionally her dull eyes flicker open, then close again as if they smart. On the left of the bed, one of her children, only 7 years old, fans her with a newspaper. "Mak, bagah puleh beuh," she implores sadly, begging her mother to make a
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