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Aceh, Former GAM Rebel Reintegration (19 images)

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  • GAM combatant, 'Bukhari', 27, displays a wound suffered during his escape from a government TNI raid. He fled to a GAM jungle camp where he hid for seven months before he received surgery.
  • 'Syeikh', 31, GAM commander for Aceh Bisar district with some of his men at Lampuuk Beach, Banda Aceh. 'Syeikh' joined GAM in 1994 and became district commander of 750 men in 2003. Only a brother and sister survived when the tsunami of December 26, 2004, struck his family's home. His wife, mother, brothers and sisters were amongst the 170,000 dead in Aceh. His men's families also perished in the tsunami.
  • Boys become the eyes and ears of GAM when government TNI occupy a village.
  • 'Syeikh', 31, GAM commander for Aceh Bisar district with some of his men at Lampuuk Beach, Banda Aceh. 'Syeikh' joined GAM in 1994 and became district commander of 750 men in 2003. Only a brother and sister survived when the tsunami of December 26, 2004, struck his family's home. His wife, mother, brothers and sisters were amongst the 170,000 dead in Aceh. His men's families also perished in the tsunami.
  • Young men gather at a coffee shop in central Banda Aceh. Other than the mosque, the coffee shop is the focal point of social life for Acehnese men.
  • Rice paddies at an Acehnese village close to the mountains of Aceh Bisar. The village was often scene to clashes between GAM and TNI. TNI troops regularly employed intimidation and violence against the villagers when seeking information on GAM locations.
  • 'Abu Aneuk', GAM combatant since 1998, at a coffee shop in his home village. Since the conflict intensified, the owner, his friend, was repeatedly beaten by TNI during interrogation for GAM whereabouts.
  • 'Jai', 39, at a neighbourhood coffee shop. 'Jai' fled Aceh for the safety of Malaysia during the martial law years. He returned after the tsunami and now works as a truck driver.
  • GAM combatant, 'Idris', displays a mobile phone image of himself with his weapon.
  • GAM combatant, 'Malik', has a bullet removed from a wound he received during a clash with TNI soldiers in 2002. This surgery was performed in secret at a small clinic. Though the peace treaty ensures GAM members from arrest, combatants reluctant to reveal their identities are refused treatment at regional hospitals.
  • A bullet removed from a GAM combatant's old wound received during a clash with TNI soldiers. This surgery was performed in secret at a small clinic. Though the peace treaty ensures GAM members from arrest, combatants reluctant to reveal their identities are refused treatment at regional hospitals.
  • A bullet removed from a GAM combatant's old wound received during a clash with TNI soldiers. This surgery was performed in secret at a small clinic. Though the peace treaty ensures GAM members from arrest, combatants reluctant to reveal their identities are refused treatment at regional hospitals.
  • Acehnese "Organik" TNI troops drill in the streets of Banda Aceh. "Organik" is the term given to TNI troops recruited locally. "BKO" (tour of duty) TNI are from other provinces in Indonesia.
  • Aisyah, 23, with her child and mother-in-law at a shelter for tsunami IDPs, Banda Aceh. Aisyah lived with her GAM combatant husband in the jungle for five years before he was killed in a clash with TNI troops.
  • Aisyah, 23, at a shelter for tsunami IDPs, Banda Aceh. Aisyah lived with her GAM combatant husband in the jungle for five years before he was killed in a clash with TNI troops. She now lives with her mother-in-law and her infant daughter.
  • Aisyah, 23, at a shelter for tsunami IDPs, Banda Aceh. Aisyah lived with her GAM combatant husband in the jungle for five years before he was killed in a clash with TNI troops. She now lives with her mother-in-law and her infant daughter.
  • Market activity outside of the Al Huda central mosque, Banda Aceh.
  • Tsunami devastation at the Taman Siswa neighbourhood of Banda Aceh.
  • Young men of Taman Siswa neighbourhood, Banda Aceh play football after a day's reconstruction labour.