Rekan2 milis yth,
Awalnya saya kurang memperhatikan komentar yg diutarakan Holy Uncle sbb: ================================================================== http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tionghoa-net/message/32570 ***Media massa asing sudah gunakan 'REBELS', menandakan GSA/GAM kehilangan dukungan dari AS. Tentu, tidak tanpa syarat. ***Pangkalan militer AS di Aceh ? Tunggu Bill Clinton kunjungi Aceh lagi.... ================================================================== Tapi setelah mengikuti trend bahasa yg dipakai media2 asing belakangan ini, termasuk artikel berikut dari kantor berita Associated Press, semakin besar kemungkinan benar dari pendapat Holy Uncle tersebut. Sebagai rakyat kecil yg tidak punya kuasa apa2, saya hanya bisa berdoa semoga pendapat kedua Holy Uncle diatas tidak menjadi kenyataan, sehingga tidak ada satupun wilayah dari Aceh atau bagian manapun dari wilayah kedaulatan NKRI yg harus menggantikan propinsi Zambales di Filipina (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2001/07/05/MN136311.DTL) dan ikut dimasukkan dalam daftar "official list of US military bases overseas" seperti ini http://www.asiawind.com/forums/read.php?f=3&i=6652&t=6652 sebagai contoh dari sedemikian banyak daftar yg tersedia di internet. Berkenaan dengan topik ini pula, pernah ada sebuah tulisan sangat menarik tentang "legacy of U.S. colonialism" yg dapat Anda simak juga di http://www.monthlyreview.org/0302editr.htm Sekian saja dulu komentar saya, silahkan Anda berpendapat. Wassalam, Wilson Kusumo http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=516&e=3&u=/ap/20050223/ap_on_re_as/indonesia_aceh_talks Aceh Peace Talks Make Headway Wed Feb 23, 4:15 PM ET World - AP Asia By MATTI HUUHTANEN, Associated Press Writer HELSINKI, Finland - Indonesia's government and separatist rebels made headway Wednesday in talks aimed at ending nearly 30 years of fighting in the oil and gas-rich province of Aceh with both sides agreeing to outside involvement and the insurgents scrapping, at least publicly, a desire for independence. Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, who oversaw the three days of negotiations, said he was "very pleased," and he expected a third round of talks on April 12-17 in Helsinki. He also set a four-month deadline for a pact. The two sides � who were meeting for a second time after the Dec. 26 tsunami devastated the province of 4.1 million people and gave new impetus to the desire for peace � discussed security issues and the possibility of a form of "self-government." The talks were given new life Tuesday when the Free Aceh Movement dropped its demands for full independence. The rebel concession was a key step forward, but it doesn't mean an immediate end to the fighting that has plagued the province since 1976 and left tens of thousands of people dead in army offensives aimed at crushing the insurrection. "We have started a serious process, and that is a breakthrough. We are addressing the issues that need to be addressed and are exchanging views," Ahtisaari said, but he cautioned that "there's an enormous amount of work that must be done." Ahtisaari said both parties recognized the need for outside forces to monitor adherence to any agreement but ruled out the use of United Nations (news - web sites) peacekeepers. "There's going to be no U.N. participation in this," Ahtisaari said. "There's no desire on the government side to internationalize the issue. But there is a possibility, nevertheless, to turn to regional organizations," he added, pointing to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the European Union (news - web sites). Ahtisaari said it was "extremely important to put some sort of deadline for this process," adding that he expects them to come up with an agreement by July. Bakhtiar Abdullah, spokesman for the Free Aceh Movement, confirmed the group would return to Finland in April, and the Indonesian communications minister, Sofyan Djalil, told The Associated Press that "most likely the meeting will take place." The two sides met in Finland on Jan. 27-29 for the first time since a previous peace process collapsed in May 2003 to discuss international aid and reconstruction in Aceh, which was hit hard by the tsunami. Malik Mahmud, a member of the rebel delegation, said after the talks that they had not given up "the struggle for independence," but conceded it was no longer an issue in the talks. "We are discussing other options, looking for possibilities at self-government and considering the various possibilities," Mahmud said, declining to elaborate. The head of the government delegation, Widodo adi Sutjipto, said progress had been made. "During the last two days, we have not heard mention of demands for independence in the negotiations. That's the reality," he said. Ahtisaari said no regional vote would be held on any peace pact agreed by the two sides. 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