Predawn Raid
Tuesday, November 11, 2003
THE weather chilled to the bone, yet it could not prevent the Yalengga villagers from sleeping soundly in the early dawn last Wednesday. None of them realized that a dozen fully armed TNI (Indonesian Military) personnel were watching them surreptitiously from a distance, like starving tigers waiting for their prey. They then besieged the Bolakme Subdistrict, Jayawijaya Regency, Wamena, Papua.
The TNI personnel had been moving stealthily for more
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