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| 10 killed in Aceh since peace Jakarta-GAM peace deal signed |
| 2002-12-16 |
| Jakarta Post 16 December 2002 Aceh separatist rebels alleged on Monday that 10 people had been killed and 21 others arrested by Indonesian troops since a peace deal was signed last week, AFP reported. Sounds like the agreement's working about as expected... The military said it had no report of the alleged killings but acknowledged separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebels and soldiers had exchanged fire in East Aceh on Sunday. "There were no casualties during the clash," said military spokesman Firdaus Komarno. "Well, nobody important was shot, anyway..." But GAM negotiator Teuku Kamaruzzaman, who attended the Dec. 9 signing of the peace agreement in Geneva, said 20 people had been arrested in Panga, West Aceh. "Eight were later found dead and 12 of them are still missing," he said, adding that soldiers in Bayeuen, East Aceh, kidnapped Mukhtar Daud, 40, and shot him dead a day after the signing. It sounds like the Indon coppers are much to be preferred to the Indon army, doesn't it? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |