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...Today, residents of the one-ox towns immediately bordering ExxonMobil's facilities in Aceh seem ready to storm the ramparts. Many of these towns have become breeding grounds for the rebel movement and, in some, the gam's fighters can be seen resting, rusted rifles and rocket launchers strapped over their shoulders. They are fighting the Indonesian military. But they are also fighting ExxonMobil. Late last year, the rebels began targeting the company's employees and property, forcing it in March to suspend its operations. The townspeople say it is good the rebels are attacking ExxonMobil. In some places, people...
...jury. On June 20, the Washington-based International Labor Rights Fund (ilrf) filed a lawsuit in the United States on behalf of 11 Acehnese men and women who say they were tortured or beaten by soldiers from the A-13 military base, located on the road connecting ExxonMobil's facilities and the city of Lhokseumawe. The troops in that camp are paid out of funds the company provides as part of its agreement with the Indonesian government. The group plans to argue that the company is liable under the centuries-old Alien Tort Claims Act, which allows companies...
...There is no evidence that ExxonMobil's senior executives have ever witnessed an atrocity in Aceh (they deny having done so) and the company has no command authority over the soldiers who protect it. In addition, all of the property and equipment that it uses is technically owned by Pertamina, Indonesia's state-owned oil monopoly, which is the controlling partner in a production sharing contract with ExxonMobil. But Terry Collingsworth, the ilrf's lead lawyer, is confident that the American company can be held liable. "All we need to show is that its executives knew what was going...
...Whether or not ExxonMobil has approached the government, it does have leverage. Facing revenue losses of around $100 million a month after the company recently suspended operations, the Indonesian government promised to restore order swiftly. The troops at A-13 were put on high alert and in May, Jakarta dispatched 2,000 more soldiers to ExxonMobil's gas sites. Among them were the feared Kopassus, or Special Forces, responsible for much of the mayhem in East Timor before it gained independence in 1999. According to Lieut. Colonel Sadharun Nandio, spokesman for the Aceh Security Restoration Operation: "The decision...
...troops have performed their duty energetically. According to locals, riding a bicycle or oxcart on the street in front of ExxonMobil's facilities has become a deadly game of dodge-bullet, with soldiers taking potshots at just about anybody who moves. Those who pass at the wrong time of day are sometimes dragged into ExxonMobil's warehouses and taught a lesson. New military camps have been established at 500-m intervals along the company's pipeline. By night, troops from these camps go to nearby settlements in search of food, women and (sometimes) rebels. If they don't find what...