Indonesia Limits Time for Foreign Troops ; Relief Workers Must Leave by End of March
The Columbian › January 13, 2005
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia Indonesia announced that U.S. and other foreign troops providing tsunami disaster relief must leave the country by the end of March and ordered aid workers Wednesday to declare their travel plans or face expulsion from devastated Aceh province on Sumatra island.
The government's moves highlight its sensitivities over a foreign military operation in this country albeit a humanitarian one and underscore its efforts to regain control of Aceh province, the scene of a decades-old conflict between separatist rebels and federal troops accused of human rights abuses.See the full content of this document
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Indonesia Limits Time for Foreign Troops ; Relief Workers Must Leave by End of March
The latest restrictions placed on the international presence came as the aircraft carrier leading the ...
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