Indonesia: Farewell to Arms · Global Voices
Jeff Ooi

FAREWELL TO ARMS. August 15 marks the day of signing of the final Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Indonesia government and Aceh Freedom Movement (GAM, Gerakan Aceh Merdeka), in which the separatists agree to disarm and accept amnesty, money and farmland. Ironically, peace finally dawned to replace the decades-old undeclared civil war after the tsunami which devastated Aceh on December 26 last year. Blogger, journalist and activist Allan Nairn of newsc.blogspot.com has been following the event.