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From: International Forum for Aceh

ICRC Helps 2,191 Victims of  Indonesian Military Operation

1/27/99  (IFA)  International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) provides
assistance to 2,191 Acehnese victims in Pidie District.  The victims are
survival of  Indonesian military operation from 1989 to 1999.  The
assistance
was simbolcally given to the victims in Pidie District and Sigli
sub-district
in the form of food packages.  Schools essentials are also distributed to
the
orphans. The total cost of the assistance provided for the District by ICRC
is
around US$29,000.00.

According to ICRC data, the victims comprised of 593 widows, 1.113 orphans,
477 permanently-injured and  8 rape victims.  Phillippe, ICRC representative
to
Aceh,  and head of local Red Cross Representative, dr. H. Hasanusi Abdul
Wahab, expect the assistance to the Pidie District will be completed by end
of January.

Phillippe explains that the assistance to the victims will not only be in
the
form of  food packages and school materials but in other types as well.
Phillippe hopes that assistance can also be implemented in the East Aceh
Region soon.

Since ICRC arrived in Aceh, it has completed   the first wave of assistance
to
the victims of North Aceh Region.

The continuing attrocities by the Indonesian Military in the East and North
Aceh
District have killed more than 30 civilians in the last 3 months.

Source: IFA; Waspada Daily Newspaper.

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Didistribusikan tgl. 29 Jan 1999 jam 10:07:58 GMT+1
oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://www.Indo-News.com/
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