Word: nasrudin
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...Even some Indonesian soldiers admit that G.A.M. is still a serious threat. Nasrudin, a 31-year-old marine captain who is Acehnese, is the military administrator for the region around Juli, a village in Biruen, one of the province's most dangerous battlegrounds. He acknowledges that the rebels in his area have proved tough to defeat: "We've managed to push them into the mountains temporarily, but they're still out there. You take the military away, and the whole place would be fully back in their control in an hour." Meanwhile, the impact of the past year is eerily...