Getting the Shaft
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
THOUSANDS gathered in acclamation as a rented Dakota airplane touched down at Lhok Nga Airfield, Greater Aceh, on June 15, 1948. President Sukarno exited the main cabin, glanced at the assembled crowd for a moment, then made his way down the steps. That day marked Sukarnos first visit to Aceh, at a time when the republic was in dire straits.
A year earlier, Indonesia was being pounded by Dutch colonial aggression. Most of the nation had already b
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