... not a war about religion, but about politics and economics. According to a recent report from the Rand Corporation, a U.S. Air Force think tank, "the perception is widespread that the Acehnese have not benefited from the province's enormous natural wealth and that industrial development projects have been introduced merely to provide employment opportunities to outsiders, especially from Java." "Given Indonesia's past abuses in Aceh," says Brad Adams, executive ... director of Human Rights Watch's Asia division, "there is tremendous potential for civilians to be targeted in the violence...

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