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Peace talks in Sulawesi
2002-02-11
  • Warring Christians and Muslims from Indonesia's Maluku province began two days of peace talks. Up to 10,000 people have been killed in fighting that erupted in the archipelago in January 1999. Welfare Minister Jusuf Kalla met separately with the two delegations of religious and community leaders in a resort hotel in Malino in south Sulawesi. "At today's meeting both parties agreed they wanted peace," Kalla said. "Every problem can be resolved (in a way) that is fair for the parties."

    Fighting escalated sharply in mid-2000 when thousands of gunmen belonging to the Laskar Jihad -- or Holy War Troops -- arrived from Java. The paramilitaries attacked and burned dozens of Christian villages, with army troops joining attacks on Christian neighborhoods in Ambon, located about 1,600 miles northeast of Jakarta. It was not immediately clear whether representatives from Laskar Jihad were participating the talks.
    Doubt the Lashkar Jihad toughs will let any kind of agreement be reached, or if it is whether they'll let it be implemented.
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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