U.N. suspends relief travel in tsunami area

[Rose Siding]

ACEH BESAR, Indonesia - U.N. security officials on Monday suspended relief travel in parts of Indonesia's Aceh province and declared a state of "heightened awareness" pending investigation of a terror warning issued by Danish officials.

U.N. staff were banned from traveling between Banda Aceh and Medan because of reported fighting between Indonesian military and separatist rebels in the tsunami-battered area.

Mans Nyberg, a spokesman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, said the ban would be effective from Monday night until Tuesday morning between the two cities. It takes about 12 hours to drive the 280-mile stretch of road.
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An insurgent commander said Monday that rebels in Aceh would not attack foreign relief workers.

“Our mothers, our wives, our children are victims from this tragedy,” Tengku Mucksalmina told The Associated Press in a hideout on the edge of a jungle about a two-hour drive outside Banda Aceh, the provincial capital of Aceh.
“We would never ambush any convoy with aid for them. We want them (relief workers) to stay. We ask them not to leave the Acehnese people who are suffering,” Mucksalmina said, his voice rising with emotion.
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The commander said the government’s warnings were part of an ongoing campaign to discourage foreigners from getting involved in Aceh, where critics of the military say troops have committed human rights atrocities.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6835016/

[Just Me]

1. Damnit! Which "terrorists"?!!!! n/t

[TahitiNut]

2. Sounds like the Indonesian Government has succeeded ...

... in denying full aid to separatist families and areas. Let the atrocities continue. :puke:

The Indonesian Government is one of the more corrupt and oppressive on the planet. (It's an "ownership society.")