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| Indonesia: Bomb explodes in Aceh |
| 2002-12-20 |
| Jakarta Post The Indonesian Military (TNI) clashed with the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) twice following a bomb explosion in the Kuta Makmur district in North Aceh that injured one military officer on Thursday. Maj. Edy Fernandi reported on Friday that the first ambush occurred at 11:30 a.m. after GAM apparently detonated a bomb on a bridge, destroying a military truck and injuring a soldier. The soldier has been sent to the hospital in the nearby town of Lhokseumawe. Four hours later, the TNI clashed with GAM again for about 30 minutes, he said. "GAM has violated the Dec. 9 truce," Edy exclaimed, referring to the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement signed by the government and GAM in Geneva, Switzerland. Oh, I am so surprised! (Quick, Ethel! My pills!) A deal between Islamists and the Indon army, and somebody didn't adhere to it? That's never happened before, has it? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |