Indonesia to step up rebel offensive
“We have evaluated and decided that the momentum has to be increased,” Indonesia’s main military spokesman, Major General Sjafrie Sjamsuddin, told reporters in the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, on the northern tip of Sumatra island.
He said the stepped-up campaign against Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatists would include more patrols and sweeps, referring to such tactics as vehicle searches and document checks.
