TROOPS KILL 10 ACEH REBELS

November 20, 2003 – (AFP) Indonesia's military on Thursday reported 10 more rebel deaths in Aceh, a day after the government put the province under military rule for another six months in hopes of crushing a separatist revolt.

On Wednesday the military emergency in the resource-rich province was officially extended until next May, despite protests from human rights
groups and concern by foreign donor nations.

Troops killed three Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebels during a skirmish at Blang Panjo in Bireuen district Wednesday, said military spokesman Ahmad Yani Basuki.

Soldiers seized two Kalashnikov rifles and ammunition and arrested two men, Basuki said. Local residents said the pair were sons of a woman who had given the rebels medical treatment in her house.

Troops shot dead another rebel in Bireuen the same day and confiscated a home-made bomb, Basuki said.

Soldiers gunned down two suspected guerrillas in South Aceh and killed four others in separate clashes on Tuesday and Wednesday, the spokesman said.

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