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...Security Minister, will be subject to "sweepings." In practice, that means they will probably be shot. Meanwhile, the outmuscled rebels can be expected to draw out the fighting to provoke more atrocities, hoping to embarrass Jakarta into withdrawing its troops. But a continuing conflict also serves the interests of Indonesia's military brass, which sees a chance to regain some of the power it lost with the fall of dictator Suharto five years ago. And President Megawati Sukarnoputri, looking to next year's elections, wants to be seen as tough on separatism. As a senior Western diplomat wearily remarks...
...INDONESIA: Dead Silence...
...INDONESIA: Dead Silence...
...INDONESIA: Dead Silence...
...brutal, unchecked crackdown in Aceh is transporting Indonesia back to the dark days of the Suharto dictatorship, exposing the military's reformist claims of recent years as a sham. With the Aceh campaign entering its third week, T.N.I.'s strategy-if that's the word-is shockingly clear. First, saturate the benighted countryside with trigger-happy soldiers and flush out any GAM suspects on a tsunami of civilian blood. Second, frighten into silence anyone who dares to report on the gory consequences, such as the summary execution of eight young men and boys at Peusangan in northern Bireun district...