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Viewpoint:
Aceh's brutal conflict
BBC News, Monday, 22 April, 2002, 01:49 GMT 02:49 UK
VIOLENCE
overshadows Indonesia's north-west province of Aceh, where an independence
movement has been fighting to break free from Jakarta's rule since
1976. Last year almost 2,000 people died in the conflict, and more
than 300 have died this year already. Lesley McCulloch, a lecturer
in Asian Studies at the University of Tasmania, Australia, sent
BBC News Online a personal account of a recent visit, and explains
why she thinks Indonesia's policies are wrong.
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