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| GAM accuse soldiers of violating peace pact |
| 2003-02-23 |
| The separatist Free Aceh Movement(GAM) on Sunday accused soldiers of several serious violations of the peace pact signed in last December. Amri Abdul Wahab, a GAM representative in the Joint Security Committee (JSC), said that dozens of soldiers raided a GAM base in Linge, Central Aceh district on Wednesday, killing one GAM member and injuring five others. Yep. That sounds like a violation, assuming the charge is true. Since it's made by somebody named "Wahab," there's probably a 50-50 chance that it is.. The incident has been reported to the JSC which is supervising the implementation of the peace accord signed in Geneva on December 9. Amri also said that the Indonesian and international representatives at the local JSC monitoring team had declined to come to the site of the base to help evacuate those wounded. The GAM members of the JSC monitoring team, he said, had to go themselves to the base and evacuate the wounded using an ambulance of the state hospital in Takengon on Saturday. Amri also cited the abduction of two GAM members. The military or representatives of the government within the JSC could not be immediately contacted for comment. Both sides seem to violate the agreement regularly, which means it's nothing but vapor. Prediction: The festivities will resume at full speed within the next year. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |