We must crush

We must crush
GAM for peace

From Warta Kota

Various efforts have been made to find an amicable settlement
of the Aceh question: Humanitarian Pauses I and II and the
Cessation of Hostilities Agreement, among others. As already
expected, peace will never come to Aceh as long as the separatist
Free Aceh Movement (GAM) exists.

GAM wants Aceh to be independent while the Indonesian
government wants to keep it part of the Indonesian state.
Clearly, dialogs and negotiations with GAM will only make the
separatist movement grow bigger in Aceh.

The government has set a deadline for GAM to lay down their
arms but GAM does not seem to heed this ultimatum.

To satisfy popular aspirations, the government should not
hesitate to launch a military operation to totally wipe out GAM
once and for all so that peace may come to Aceh.

The outside world, as shown by the support from the U.S. and
Russians through their envoys in Indonesia, supports Indonesia's
effort to maintain the integrity of the Indonesian state. The
government should not worry about being accused of violating
human rights in handling the Aceh question.

MUHIDIN

West Java