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2003-05-12 Southeast Asia

Aceh rebels say police "kidnap" their negotiator

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Posted by Tadderly 2003-05-12 10:30 am|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 No reason they shouldn't call the Indonesian gov't colonial; much of Indonesia has little in common with the dominant Javanese. Indonesia is a very very varied colonial empire that was basically inherited bu the Javanese from the Dutch. Much like India in this regard, though the Indians have done a better job of regional self-government that takes some of the sting out.

Posted by buwaya 2003-05-12 14:21:16|| 2003-05-12 14:21:16|| Front Page Top

#2 actually colonial makes sense in some situations - the limitation of the world colonial to situations where 1st worlders repressed 3rd worlders was always arbitrary,and was done for the benefit of the old USSR and some 3rd world countries. Doubt it quite applies to Aceh, but Indonesian rule over Irian Jayan (western new Guinea) has strong overtones of colonialism.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-05-12 12:43:18|| 2003-05-12 12:43:18|| Front Page Top

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