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	Aceh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Aceh was the closest point of land to the epicenter of the massive 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, which triggered a tsunami that devastated much of the western coast of the region, including part of the capital of Banda Aceh.
		The Dutch colonial government declared war on Aceh on 26 March 1873; the apparent immediate trigger for their invasion was discussions between representatives of Aceh and the U.S. in Singapore during early 1873.
		The regencies in Aceh are: Aceh Besar, Central Aceh, East Aceh, Aceh Jaya, North Aceh, Aceh Singkil, South Aceh, Southeast Aceh, Southwest Aceh, Aceh Tamiang, West Aceh, Bener Meriah, Bireuen, Gayo Lues, Nagan Raya, Pidie, and Simeulue.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aceh (2521 words)

	Aceh Aceh.Net: Welcome to Aceh - About Aceh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Aceh is a region on the northern tip of Sumatra. Aceh first rose to importance as a center of resistance to the Portuguese.
		Aceh's decline began with the death of Sultan Iskandar Thani in 1641, and as a result the British and Dutch both began vying for domination of the area.
		The Aceh war (1873-1942) was the most major war ever fought by the Dutch and it claimed over 100,000 lives, including that of the Dutch Major General J.H.R. Kohler.
	www.aceh.net /heritage.html (1133 words)

	Untitled Document
		Aceh is the northernmost province on Sumatra and in Indonesia, the provincial capital is Banda Aceh with a population of approx.
		Aceh has because of it's location always been one the first points of contact with foreigners, with both positive and negative consequences.
		Buddhism came to Aceh with Indian traders in the 7th century, while Islam was introduced by Arabic and Indian Muslims in the 13th century.
	courses.washington.edu /larescue/aceh6.htm (798 words)

	Referendum
		Aceh, an oil rich province in northern Sumatra, is just one of seven territories where separatists are waging struggles for independence.
		Aceh has the size, wealth (a higher per capita income than the rest of Indonesia) and natural resources to put it high in the ranks of Southeast Asian states.
		Wahid visited Aceh and told its people that being mistreated, lied to and stolen from was no longer their lot as citizens of an Indonesian province.
	acehnet.tripod.com /referendum.htm (1046 words)

	The History of Aceh
		Aceh, at the northwestern end of Sumatra, came into contact with the outside world as early as the sixth century AD.
		Aceh's dominance in trade and politics in northern parts of Sumatra began, reaching a climax between 1610 and 1640.
		The Aceh War, which lasted intermittently from 1873 to 1942, was the longest ever fought by Holland and cost the Dutch more than 10,000 lives.
	www.indonesia-tourism.com /aceh/history.html (348 words)

	Travelling in Indonesia (ACEH)
		Of all the regions in Indonesia, Aceh, at the northwestern end of Sumatra, is the first to have come into contact with the world outside.
		Islam is believed to have reached Aceh somewhere between the seventh and eighth centuries A.D. and the first Islamic kingdom, Perlak was established in 804 A.D. Others followed: Samudera Pasai in 1042, Tamiah in 1184, Aceh in 1205 and Darussalam in 1511.
		Aceh's dominance in trade and politics in northern parts of Sumatra began, reaching its climax between 1610 and 1640.
	www.emp.pdx.edu /htliono/Aceh.html (996 words)

	Aceh: Widows Fight for Freedom
		The war between the Indonesian government and separatist rebels in the province of Aceh has claimed thousands of lives in the last few years.
		Aceh is located at the northern tip of the island of Sumatra, and has a population of 4.5 million.
		As a civil conflict, the war in Aceh is governed by Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions and by customary international law.
	www.crimesofwar.org /special/aceh/03.html (410 words)

	Indonesia’s war on Aceh goes on
		But Aceh has long been the victim of an unnatural disaster--at the hands of the Indonesian government, historically one of Washington’s favorite allies in the region.
		Aceh is one of the world’s main producers of natural gas, and ExxonMobil runs the show.
		With tens of thousands of its soldiers in Aceh, Lane told Socialist Worker, the military “could be a major source of work in the overall relief effort if they were mobilized, leaving their rifles in the barracks.
	www.socialistworker.org /2005-1/526/526_08_Aceh.shtml (874 words)

	Indonesia's war on Aceh
		Darmono is one of the generals in charge of Indonesia’s brutal assault on Aceh, a region on the northern tip of the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
		In Aceh, the offensive has already driven 23,000 people from their homes, and the government is warning that the number will climb to 100,000.
		As a result, "in Aceh’s industrial zones on the coast, and in the mountains of Aceh, the people are primarily Javanese transmigrants and workers," according to Jafar Siddiq Hamzah, an Acehnese human rights lawyer.
	www.socialistworker.org /2003-1/455/455_05_Aceh.shtml (698 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: War survives tsunami's impact
		ACEH PROVINCE, Indonesia — The villager wants to speak of death — not the random wrath of a runaway sea, but the calculated and more recent killings undertaken by Indonesian security forces.
		The Free Aceh Movement — the rebel movement known as GAM — issued a declaration of independence in 1976.
		One of the war's hot spots has been the area around the eastern Aceh village where the seven bodies were discovered in January.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002179516_acehwar14m.html (1879 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| Aceh's bloody war
		The province of Aceh is at the far north-west of the sprawling Indonesian archipelago.
		Its capital, Banda Aceh, is 1,850 kilometres (1,150 miles) from the federal capital of Jakarta.
		Amid the fighting, the two sides are also trying to win the propaganda war, accusing each other of the attacks that add, on average, 10 people a day to the death toll of more than 10,000.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2131654.stm (874 words)

	New Aceh War Phase (Indonesia vs GAM, 20 rebels killed, amnesty for 2000)
		The rebels reportedly returned to Aceh in 1989 and are said to be regarded by the military as the most dangerous and professional of the insurgents.
		Megawati, who has not visited Aceh since she imposed martial law in the province on May 19, will visit the province in the third week of December when she is expected to attend a meeting of 4,000 Muslim clerics and inaugurate several government projects.
		Aceh Governor Abdullah Puteh confirmed the visit and said the president had also agreed to his proposal to grant amnesty to 2,000 separatist rebels who have surrendered and pledged allegiance to Indonesia.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1023147/posts (1618 words)

	Free Aceh Movement
		Aceh, located in the northern tip of Sumatra, is considered one of Indonesia's three most "troubled areas" along with East Timor and Irian Jaya.
		Aceh, also known as Acheh, Atjeh or Achin, is the westernmost part of Sumatra and the part of Indonesia where the Islamic character of the population is the most pronounced.
		Aceh was put under Operational Military status in 1991 after a resurgence of separatist activity.
	www.fas.org /irp/world/para/aceh.htm (669 words)

	Online NewsHour: The Aceh Question -- November 12, 1999
		Rais said he supports an independence referendum for Aceh, but thinks the government should wait until the country is stable enough to carry the vote out properly.
		Aceh was at the center of one of Dutch Indonesia's longest and bloodiest wars, the Aceh War, which raged from 1873 to 1903 between the Acehnese and colonial authorities.
		Aceh provides a third of Indonesia's liquefied gas exports and contributes significantly to Indonesian exports of gold, silver, rubber and timber.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/asia/july-dec99/aceh_11-12.html (647 words)

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		Located on the tip of northern Sumatra, Aceh has a population of four million and is located at the western edge of the Indonesian archipelago, about 1,200 miles northwest of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, on the island of Java.
		One of the grievances fueling the rebellion in Aceh is the secret war waged against GAM in the 1990s under the Suharto military dictatorship, which lasted from 1965 to 1998.
		Although the insurgency in Aceh may be the most serious challenge to Indonesia's territorial integrity, it is not the only secessionist movement -- the example of East Timor's separation from Indonesia has encouraged ongoing separatist movements in economically strategic provinces such as Riau.
	www.alertnet.org /thefacts/reliefresources/gedicksacehview.htm (1161 words)

	Achinese War 1873 1904
		The Achinese War [also Aceh War] (1873-1904) was one of the longest and bloodiest in Dutch-Indonesian history.
		He was unable to control his subjects, however, and Dutch forces became involved in a prolonged guerrilla war in the countryside.
		This war, however, drained the colonial treasury, and public opinion in The Netherlands became increasingly critical of the colonial administration.
	www.onwar.com /aced/data/alpha/achin1873.htm (556 words)

	Aceh Unrest. ABC News Online.
		An American journalist is to stand trial in Indonesia's Aceh province next week for alleged immigration offences, a court official said today.
		The separatist war in the Indonesian province of Aceh is spreading to the cities.
		Two Indonesian journalists and their driver have gone missing in Aceh province while travelling on a highway that passes by areas where rebels and government troops have regularly clashed, officials have said.
	www.abc.net.au /news/indepth/aceh (416 words)

	Aceh: In the Shadow of Iraq, by Leah C. Wells, May 28, 2003
		Prior to the war in Iraq, the international community overwhelmingly supported dialogue and international weapons inspectors through the United Nations to root out any weapons of mass destruction that Iraq might have been hiding.
		In Aceh, too, negotiations and dialogue had been underway through the Henry Dunant Center (HDC) which had brokered a peace deal that included a monitoring agency comprised of representatives from the Indonesian government, the Free Aceh Movement and the HDC.
		It appears that in Aceh, as in Iraq, mainstream media has surrendered its perspective and impartiality by becoming the public relations arm of bloodthirsty governments.
	www.wagingpeace.org /articles/2003/05/28_wells_aceh.htm (987 words)

	Inside Indonesia 61 - Aceh's failed election
		The streets of Aceh's capital Banda Aceh seemed quiet as I strolled outside the grand white mosque at dusk on Sunday 6 June 1999.
		The military's task was not easy, as proportionally less voters had registered to vote in Aceh than in any of Indonesia's 27 provinces, apparently due to a combination of fear, intimidation and fraud during the registration process, cynicism about the value of participating, and outright boycott of the process.
		After a period of conflict with the Indonesian army in the 1950s, Aceh received only minimal recognition for the special role it had played in the struggle for Indonesian independence, and for what it regards as its cultural uniqueness.
	www.serve.com /~inside/edit60/aceh2.htm (1578 words)

	Aceh - Indonesia - Human Rights - GAM - TNI - Worldpress.org
		Since martial law was declared after peace talks between the insurgent Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and the government collapsed on May 19, 2003, the Indonesian military (TNI) and police officers have locked horns with the rebels on the resource-rich westernmost tip of Sumatra.
		Yet because of strict rules governing press coverage, the war is being fought away from the media spotlight and from the scrutiny of foreign and local NGO observers.
		The most recent press casualty in Aceh was Sory Ersa Siregar, a reporter for the Indonesian broadcaster RCTI who was killed on Dec. 29 in what the military said was crossfire.
	www.worldpress.org /Asia/1806.cfm (1728 words)

	Special Report: Aceh
		The current military operation in Aceh is the largest staged by Indonesia since it seized East Timor, which was part of an island off the coast of Australia, in 1975.
		Virtually all foreigners have been banned from visiting Aceh, and almost all humanitarian and nongovernmental organizations—foreign and local—have been forced to pull their staff out of the area, either because of the restrictions or due to security concerns.
		Many observers say that the war in Aceh is popular with the Indonesian public, who fear the breakup of their country and may still be stung by the loss of East Timor in 1999.
	www.cpj.org /Briefings/2003/aceh_03/aceh_03.html (2295 words)

	The Achenese Peudeueng
		In 1873, the Netherlands declared war and invaded Aceh Darussalam.
		The Acehnese resisted the occupation, touching off the Aceh War, the longest colonial/expeditionary war fought by the Dutch and claiming more than 10,000 lives.
		Although a multitude of edged weapons are used in Aceh there are 3 primary weapons that have played a role in Aceh’s history.
	home.comcast.net /~jtcrosby/Aceh.html (1393 words)

	Banda Aceh
		Banda Aceh [previously known as Kutaradja, and variously called Bandar Aceh, Acheh, Achem, Acem, Atjeh, Kuta Raja] is the capital of Indonesia's Aceh province, and also the main gateway to the province.
		The old mosque was burnt down at the beginning of the Aceh War, and was rebuilt in 1875, taking its present shape after a number of renovations and expansions.
		Violence in Aceh continued at high levels during the month of November 2000 and was most intense when Indonesian security forces attempted to halt the influx to Banda Aceh of participants in the second annual mass demonstration in support of a referendum on independence.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/indonesia/banda-aceh.htm (1007 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Aceh's bloody war
		A limited form of autonomy was introduced in Aceh on 1 January.
		The province was promised a greater share of oil and gas revenues and elections for governor.
		Aceh's oil and gas reserves are important to Indonesia's economy and global trade
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/2131654.stm (874 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		At the beginning of the military assault in Aceh, Syafii was one of the few political leaders to urge the government of Megawati not to go ahead with the war, warning that the military operation would not give the expected results.
		Observers in Jakarta told IslamOnline.net Wednesday, June 25, that they believe the war could end quickly if the GAM was really cornered and if the military could deal severe blows to its leadership, which seems not to be the case.
		There was an improved security condition in Aceh that followed the signing of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement by the two sides on Dec. 9 last year.
	www.islamonline.net /English/News/2003-06/25/article01.shtml (885 words)

	Indonesia's secret war in Aceh - Reviews - www.theage.com.au
		The current war in Aceh is rooted in the history of the Acehnese kingdom of the 15th century and even more importantly in the conversion of Aceh to Islam in the 12th.
		Aceh has never sat happily in the Indonesian republic, a fact acknowledged in the variety of "special" status attempts to accommodate it within the republic.
		At times there is a danger that the suffering of Aceh could disappear behind the saga of the author's own role in trying to get there to tell it.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/10/22/1098316850210.html?oneclick=true (730 words)

	Inventory of Conflict and Environment (ICE): Tsunami in Aceh Case
		Causing horrendous damages in Aceh province, the tsunami proved to be an impetus to peaceful resolution of the civil conflict.
		Although, in 2002 Aceh province was granted a special status, allowing implementation of shariah law and greater revenue sharing, it did not appease rebels due to their overriding distrust of government's actions.
		Recovery from the tsunami was complicated by the war between GAM and TNI.
	www.american.edu /ted/ice/tsunami-aceh.htm (4019 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Selamat sees eye-to-eye with Sutarto that the war would not end in a year or even 10 years, stating that Indonesia might have enlisted itself in its own Vietnam and that this could well send the republic to its death bed.
		"Aceh may still break off from Indonesia after the military victory there…there is still the election process to go and we have to expect terrorist style or geurilla style attacks on the 'Javanese' civilian administration in Aceh after the war," he said.
		In the early stages of the war, the Komnas HAM declared its support for the government saying that the war was an internal matter and that Indonesia could not break up due to the revolt in Aceh.
	www.islamonline.net /English/News/2003-07/08/article07.shtml (732 words)

	The Aceh War and the NEtherlands Est Indies
		I think you may have somewhat exaggerated the significance of the Aceh War there, even though it was without doubt of great significance in several respects.
		Firstly, it at first gave Aceh the opportunity to become the last traditional "Malay" sovereign, when the Sultan of Aceh, in a bid to defend his independence before the encroaching colonial empires, succeeded in getting several Orang Laut communities to recognize his suzerainty.
		It was not a War between Aceh and the Netherlands, but between Aceh and the Netherlands East Indies as a new entity.
	w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de /~wm/PAP/aceh-NEI.html (1283 words)

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