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The False State?

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November 2004, no. 266

Indonesia's Secret War in Aceh by John Martinkus

Random House, $32.95pb, 345pp

The False State?

by
November 2004, no. 266

Why is it that Indonesia’s northernmost province has received so much less Australian attention than East Timor? Aceh is of course further away, and no claims are made about local people supposedly helping our soldiers during World War II. Another reason is the uniquely emotive issue of the deaths of the five Australian journalists in Timor in 1975. A suspicion arises that the main reason is that the East Timorese are Catholics while the Acehnese are Muslims. Many Australians, especially church activists, could feel something in common with oppressed fellow-Christians in a nearby territory.

Indonesia's Secret War in Aceh

Indonesia's Secret War in Aceh

by John Martinkus

Random House, $32.95pb, 345pp

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