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  • Journalists Told To Keep Quiet On Aceh (Indonesia) Skirmish! (R.O.P. Update!)

    01/07/2005 10:08:13 AM PST · by underwiredsupport · 93 replies · 6,895+ views
    The Australian ^ | Jan 7, 2005 | Martin Chulov
    Journalists told to keep quiet on Aceh skirmishMartin ChulovJanuary 07, 2005AUSTRALIAN journalists who witnessed a confrontation between Indonesian soldiers and alleged separatists in tsunami-ravaged Sumatra yesterday were ordered to leave the area and warned not to report on the incident. The clash occurred just 40km from the provincial capital Banda Aceh, the centre of the relief operation spearheaded by US and Australian forces in Aceh, where some 100,000 people died from the Boxing Day earthquake and tsunamis. After being the apparent target of rebel snipers, government soldiers fired into the air and roughed up Indonesians they suspected were Free...
  • QAEDA INFILTRATES

    01/07/2005 12:40:17 AM PST · by kattracks · 32 replies · 1,295+ views
    New York Post ^ | 1/07/05 | CHRIS BRUMMITT, AP
    BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — An extremist Islamic group with alleged links to al Qaeda has set up a relief camp in the tsunami-stricken Aceh province on Sumatra island, raising concerns its fiercely anti-American members could stir up sentiment against U.S. and Australian troops helping to distribute aid. The group, Laskar Mujahidin, posted an English-language sign at the camp that reads, "Islamic Law Enforcement." The presence of the group, known for killing Christians during a long-running sectarian conflict in another part of Indonesia, generated fears that U.S. military personnel and others involved in relief work could become a terror target....