Gunfire in Aceh rattles aid groups

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Gunfire in Aceh rattles aid groups

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"The gunfire, which was heard near the U.N. headquarters in the provincial capital before dawn on Sunday, woke aid workers who have poured into the city, but hurt no one.

The shooting, which some police blamed on rebels waging a separatist campaign in Aceh province, underscores the threat to scores of foreigners helping survivors of the December 26 tsunami that has killed more than 155,000 people across the battered region.

Shots were fired at officers guarding the home of the deputy police chief of Aceh, the northernmost province on Sumatra, police and officials at the nearby U.N. office told The Associated Press."

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1. Wasnt Aceh the center of some serious religious hostility in the past ?

Forced conversions to Islam .... forced sexual mutilation of females ? ...