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October 31, 2002

Agence France Presse - October 31, 2002

A long-awaited round of peace talks between the Indonesian government and separatist rebels from Aceh province will get underway on November 2-5 in Switzerland, Aceh Governor Abdullah P

October 29, 2002

Jakarta Post - October 29, 2002

Nani Farida, Langsa, East Aceh – The Human Rights Forum (PB HAM) deplored on Monday the continued violence against civilians, especially teachers, in war-ravaged Aceh on the eve of the

October 26, 2002

Reuters - October 26, 2002

Jakarta – Indonesian troops have shot dead six suspected rebels in Aceh a day after the government said it was ready to sign a truce with the province's separatist movement.

Jakarta Post - October 26, 2002

Apriadi Gunawan and Haidir Anwar Tanjung, Medan/Pekanbaru – A joint police-military team from Asahan, North Sumatra, killed two suspected rebels from the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and ar

October 23, 2002

Agence France Presse - October 23, 2002

Five more people including two soldiers and a separatist rebel have been killed in the Indonesian province of Aceh, the military and residents said.

October 21, 2002

Jakarta Post - October 21, 2002

Nani Farida, Banda Aceh – A visiting director of the Geneva-based Henry Dunant Center (HDC), a mediator of peace talks between the Indonesian government and the secessionist Free Aceh M

October 13, 2002

Straits Times - October 13, 2002

Banda Aceh – The deputy chairman of the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's (PDI-P) Aceh chapter was killed after separatist rebels sprayed his car with bullets, military o

October 12, 2002

Jakarta Post - October 12, 2002

Banda Aceh – The Banda Aceh Legal Aid Institute has expressed regret over a statement made by Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Gen Endriartono Sutarto, in which he accused an Acehnes

Jakarta Post - October 12, 2002

Banda Aceh – Two policemen and a soldier have been killed by separatist rebels in Indonesia's Aceh province, police have confirmed here on Friday.

October 11, 2002

Reuters - October 11, 2002

Banda Aceh – Indonesian police said on Friday they shot and killed a separatist commander in restive Aceh province but denied rebel allegations he'd been tortured to death.

Jakarta Post - October 11, 2002

Banda Aceh – A territorial commander of the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM), identified as Abu Arafah, alias Ibrahim, 33, was shot dead at an isolated village in Aceh province, Aceh

October 9, 2002

Jakarta Post - October 9, 2002

Banda Aceh – Two soldiers and one teacher were killed in the latest round of violence in Aceh, provincial military spokesman Maj. Zaenal Mutaqin said here on Tuesday.

October 7, 2002

Agence France Presse - October 7, 2002

At least three people, including a woman and her grandson, were killed in the latest violence in the troubled Indonesian province of Aceh, witnesses and the military said.

October 2, 2002

Jakarta Post - October 2, 2002

Nani Farida and Moch. N.

September 26, 2002

Straits Times - September 26, 2002

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Two home-made bombs exploded near the airport hours before President Megawati Sukarnoputri's lightning visit to Aceh yesterday, adding urgency to her pledge

September 18, 2002

Jakarta Post - September 18, 2002

Nani Farida and Ibnu Mat Noor, Banda Aceh – Dozens of people were injured and more than 80 shophouses burned in the latest outbreak of violence in Aceh.

September 15, 2002

Jakarta Post - September 15, 2002

Banda Aceh – Two personnel of the Police Mobile Brigade were killed in a firefight with rebels in Seunuddon, North Aceh, some 300 kilometers east of Banda Aceh on Saturday, according to

September 9, 2002

Agence France Presse - September 9, 2002

An Indonesian soldier and two civilians were killed in the restive province of Aceh, the military and residents said.

Radio Australia - September 9, 2002

[Lesley McCulloch, a lecturer in Asian Studies at the University of Tasmania in Australia, says government forces and the independence movement are responding to the problem in very

September 6, 2002

Reuters - September 6, 2002 (slightly abridged)

Banda Aceh – Rebels in Indonesia's restive Aceh province ambushed a convoy of vehicles carrying several top security and government officials, leaving a police commander critically inju

August 31, 2002

Sydney Morning Herald - August 31, 2002

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – Indonesia's supreme military commander has warned the separatist movement in Indonesia's troubled province of Aceh that he would prefer war to a negotiated sett

August 30, 2002

Jakarta Post - August 30, 2002

Banda Aceh – Adj. Brig. Syarifuddin was killed by unidentified gunmen and 10 others, presumed to be civilians were killed on Wednesday and Thursday in strife-torn Aceh.

August 29, 2002

Jakarta Post - August 29, 2002

Jakarta (Agencies) – The war of words between leaders of the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) independence group continued, an Army captain was killed and at least

August 28, 2002

Laksamana.Net - August 28, 2002

The Swedish Ambassador to Indonesia Harald Sanberg says his government won't take any legal action against Hassan Tiro, the exiled chief of Indonesia's separatist Free Aceh Movement (GA

August 27, 2002

Agence France Presse - August 27, 2002

Indonesian troops killed five suspected separatist rebels in Aceh province during a raid on a suspected rebel base, a military spokesman said.

August 23, 2002

Christian Science Monitor - August 23, 2002

Dan Murphy, Langsa – Nurjannah jumped back when the soldier poked his head out of the early morning sunlight into her kitchen.

August 20, 2002

Straits Times - August 20, 2002

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – The Indonesian government yesterday gave separatist rebels in Aceh a three-month deadline to drop their independence demand and resume peace talks, as part of a

August 12, 2002

Jakarta Post - August 12, 2002

Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) has urged the Swiss-based Henry Dunant Center (HDC) to persuade the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) to end their armed struggle.

August 10, 2002

Sydney Morning Herald - August 10, 2002

Jakarta – In a new role, General Anthony Zinni, the Bush administration's envoy to the Middle East, has met Indonesian officials in an effort to find a solution to the long-running but

August 3, 2002

Guardian Unlimited - August 3, 2002

Sidney Jones – A war between independence fighters and the Indonesian military has claimed thousands of lives in Aceh in two major waves of violence.

August 2, 2002

Jakarta Post - August 2, 2002

Jakarta – President Megawati Soekarnoputri Thursday promised tougher action against rebels in Aceh as part of efforts to end various conflicts in the country, even as she claimed the th

July 26, 2002

Reuters - July 26, 2002 (Abridged)

Jakarta – The Indonesian military said its troops shot dead on Friday at least 13 men believed to be separatist rebels in troubled Aceh province, where thousands have died in more than

July 20, 2002

Melbourne Age - July 20, 2002

Jacqueline Koch – Jakarta has again raised the stakes for the resource-rich and restive province of Aceh, on the northern tip of Sumatra, where Indonesia faces an entrenched independenc

Agence France Presse - July 20, 2002

The Indonesian military says it has killed four separatist rebels in troubled Aceh province.

July 18, 2002

Agence France Presse - July 18, 2002

The Indonesian military said it has killed 12 separatist rebels in troubled Aceh province.

July 17, 2002

BBC News - July 17, 2002

Rachel Clarke – Indonesia's leaders are trying to work out what to do next with strife-torn Aceh.

July 16, 2002

Straits Times - July 16, 2002

Bangkok – The Aceh separatists' regional connection was bared after police in Thailand seized a major arms cache, including 68 AK-47 rifles, bound for the rebels in Indonesia's troubled

July 14, 2002

New York Times - July 14, 2002

Jane Perlez, Lhokseumawe – The silvery pipes that extract hundreds of millions of dollars in natural gas a year for Exxon Mobil glint in the tropical sun here, a glittering contrast to

July 12, 2002

CNN - July 12, 2002

Atika Shubertm Jakarta – In another sign of Indonesia's crackdown in the restive province of Aceh, Chief Security Minister Bambang Yudhoyono will investigate suggestions the region's pe

July 10, 2002

Reuters - July 10, 2002

Jakarta – Indonesia's chief security minister, on a fact-finding mission to Aceh province, said the government wanted to end a separatist war there peacefully but at the same time he is

July 8, 2002

Agence France Presse - July 8, 2002

Banda Aceh – At least two civilians and two suspected guerillas were killed in the latest violence to hit Aceh, residents and the military said yesterday.

July 6, 2002

Agence France Presse - July 6, 2002

Aceh separatist rebels slammed a statement by an Indonesian minister branding them terrorists as an "irresponsible and desperate" attempt to discredit the movement.

July 5, 2002

Agence France Presse - July 5, 2002

Separatist rebels in Indonesia's Aceh province have released 18 civilians they abducted late last month, a source involved in arranging the release said.

July 4, 2002

Reuters - July 4, 2002

Muklis Ali, Jakarta – Indonesia's government on Thursday branded the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) a terrorist group for the first time, and hinted it may impose a civil emergency in the pro

July 3, 2002

Jakarta Post - July 3, 2002

Jakarta – Five armed people, allegedly members of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), were killed when security officers launched an attack in Bayeuen district, East Aceh, some 460 kilometers

Jakarta Post - July 3, 2002

Jakarta – President Megawati Soekarnoputri on Wednesday instructed Iskandar Muda military Commander Maj. Gen. Djali Yusuf to sternly punish the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM).

July 2, 2002

Agence France Presse - July 2, 2002

Indonesia's military said it was mobilising all available troops in a hunt for Aceh separatist rebels blamed for the abduction of nine crewmen servicing the offshore oil industry.

June 25, 2002

Jakarta Post - June 25, 2002

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Members of the House of Representatives (DPR) unanimously threw their support behind the Indonesian military on Monday in allowing it to flex its muscles agains

June 24, 2002

Jakarta Post - June 24, 2002

Jakarta – Ten armed men shot dead five employees of a state-owned plantation in Aceh and kidnapped eight others on Saturday, the military said on Sunday.

June 21, 2002

Jakarta Post - June 21, 2002

Ibnu Matnoor and Nani Farida, Banda Aceh – Six members of the Indonesian Air Force's special forces (Paskhas) were killed in an ambush by members of the separatist Free Aceh Movement (G