More troops depart for Aceh<\/p>\n
BANDUNG (JP): The first batch of troops from the Rajawali
\n(Hawk) II Team, especially trained for counterinsurgency
\noperations in Aceh, were flown out on Army Hercules transport
\nplanes to the restive province from Bandung's Husein Sastranegara
\nairport on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The departure of around 416 personnel was witnessed by Army
\nGeneral Affairs chief Lt. Gen. Djamari Chaniago.<\/p>\n
Director of the Military Education and Training Command Brig.
\nGen. Zamroni, who has been overseeing the training of a total of
\n1,100 combat troops, said the remaining troops who had been
\ntrained here for missions in Aceh would depart for the province
\non Monday and Wednesday.<\/p>\n
On Friday, Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Adm. Widodo
\nAdisucipto inspected the readiness of the troops, who have been
\nspecifically prepared to be pitted against the separatist rebels
\nof the Free Aceh Movement (GAM).<\/p>\n
The troops were trained at the Army's Special Forces
\n(Kopassus) Training Center in Batujajar, West Java.<\/p>\n
"The troops are only allowed to capture GAM members and then
\nhand them to the police for the law to take its course," Zamroni
\ntold reporters.<\/p>\n
The troops were trained for two months and selected from the
\nArmy's Strategic Reserves Command's (Kostrad) second division in
\nMalang as well as the Siliwangi Military Command and Jakarta
\nMilitary Command.<\/p>\n
Some were also recruited from among Central Java's Diponegoro
\nMilitary Command's crack troops, the Banteng (wild bull) Raiders,
\nthe Air Force's Paskhas special forces, the Navy's marines and
\nthe military police.<\/p>\n
In Aceh, the troops are to be deployed in the four critical
\nregencies of North Aceh, East Aceh, Bireun and Pidie.<\/p>\n
The planned deployment has elicited a strong reaction from the
\nrebels who have stated that they would intensify their military
\ncampaign against the soldiers. (25\/emf)<\/p>",
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