Military Says It Has Killed 30 Aceh Rebels
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From Times Wire Reports
Indonesia’s military said it had killed 30 separatist rebels in tsunami-ravaged Aceh province last week, threatening a fragile truce agreed on after the Dec. 26 disaster.
The military said in a statement it had killed 30 rebels and confiscated 29 weapons in the final week of February. It gave no further details.
A rebel spokesman alleged that most of the 30 were unarmed villagers caught up in army sweeps.
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