Monday, December 11, 2006
In Tsunami’s Wake, Old Foes in War Now Wage Politics - N.Y. Times
When tsunami waves hit Aceh two years ago this month, Irwandi Yusuf saved himself by climbing onto the roof of the jail where he was being held as a political prisoner.
Now he is a candidate for governor of the province, and in the election being held here on Monday, one of his eight opponents is a former commander of the Indonesian forces he faced as a separatist rebel.
“He is so friendly to me,” Mr. Irwandi said of his former enemy. “We can cut off the line from the past to now. We just talk about funny things.”
The tsunami that killed 170,000 people and left half a million homeless here in Aceh Province seems to have taken the fire out of a 29-year conflict. A hard-won peace agreement that made the election possible appears to be holding. ...
When tsunami waves hit Aceh two years ago this month, Irwandi Yusuf saved himself by climbing onto the roof of the jail where he was being held as a political prisoner.
Now he is a candidate for governor of the province, and in the election being held here on Monday, one of his eight opponents is a former commander of the Indonesian forces he faced as a separatist rebel.
“He is so friendly to me,” Mr. Irwandi said of his former enemy. “We can cut off the line from the past to now. We just talk about funny things.”
The tsunami that killed 170,000 people and left half a million homeless here in Aceh Province seems to have taken the fire out of a 29-year conflict. A hard-won peace agreement that made the election possible appears to be holding. ...
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