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Southeast Asia
New Year’s Aceh boomer was a GAM rebel
2004-01-05
The Indonesian military says one of 11 people killed in the bombing at a New Year’s Eve concert in Aceh province had been identified as a separatist rebel. A military spokesman said Syaiful Amri, 25, was believed to be the bomber and died when the bomb he was handling exploded prematurely. However, he said the attack was not a suicide operation.
"Hey, y'all! Watch what happens when I do this... [BOOM!]"
GAM has denied responsibility.
"Wudn't us."
Meanwhile, another victim injured in the blast died on Friday after surgery, bringing the death toll to 11. The explosion devastated a stage on a soccer field where a music concert was being held to welcome in the New year at Peureulak in East Aceh.
Uh huh. Happy New Year to you, too...
Posted by:Dan Darling

#2  That's a pretty good candidate for Least Likely Story of the Year, though we'll have to wait and see if Lipless Eddie can cap it...
Posted by: Fred   2004-1-5 1:51:19 PM  

#1  It gets better: Separatists in the troubled province of Aceh yesterday accused the Indonesian military of forcing a captured rebel to bomb a New Year's Eve concert, killing 11 people. Regional rebel commander Ishak Daud said the man accused of the bombing, Syaiful Amri, 25, was a captured militant who had become an Indonesian military puppet and was forced to take part in the attack. He said the bombing, in East Aceh's Peureulak, was a military plot to discredit the rebels. "Syaiful Amri was indeed a member of GAM (the rebel Free Aceh Movement) but he was arrested on November 28 at the Gajah river," Commander Daud said. "We believe TNI (the Indonesian military) used a GAM member in the explosion in that place, to scapegoat GAM."
Although the bomber's body initially was said to be too mutilated to be recognised, Aceh military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Yani Basuki said it was identified at the weekend by visitors to the hospital who wanted to view the corpse.

Playing the "We wuz framed" card.
Posted by: Steve   2004-1-5 11:27:55 AM  

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