But the Indonesian military spokesman in the regional capital, Banda Aceh, Colonel Ditya Soedarsono, said the success of the operation should not be measured in terms of body counts. "What we want is ...

No end to Aceh bloodshed. Indonesia’s war with Aceh separatist rebels enters its seventh month on Wednesday, with almost 1600 people killed and no end in sight to the bloodshed.

The conflict in Aceh is an increasingly brutal war with both sides violating humanitarian law with impunity. Fighting intensified after then Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid issued ...

Aceh war threatens to boil over DISASTROUS SITUATION Australia warned that a rebel victory could upset the stability of Indonesia and have wide-reaching international implications . AP. Indonesia's ...

The conflict in Aceh, on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, is an increasingly brutal war in which both sides have violated human rights with impunity. The two sides are the ...

For decades, a bloody civil war raged in Aceh following the founding of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in the 1970s. GAM, made up of ethnic Acehnese separatists, ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Red and white Indonesian flags have gone up outside nearly every home in Aceh province, from modern villas behind high fences to simple wood-plank dwellings on stilts ...

Banda Aceh's triumph over war and disaster The Indonesian island was wrecked by conflict before natural devastation, in the form of the 2004 tsunami, proved a catalyst for change ...

Aceh's bloody war. Independence fighters say they have "huge" support. ... Amid the fighting, the two sides are also trying to win the propaganda war, accusing each other of the attacks that add, on ...