Insurgency in Aceh

Insurgency in Aceh
Part of	Cold War and War on Terror
Date	1976 - 2005
Location	Acehball, Indonesiaball
Causes	Secular policies of Suharto's New Order regime of Indonesia where many Acehese people resented the central government's policy of promoting a unified Indonesian culture.
Status	Ended
Result	Peaceful conclusion to conflict; Helsinki Memorandum of Understanding; Special autonomy for Acehball Disarmament of the Free Aceh Movementball End of the Free Aceh Movementball's claim of independence Departure of non-organic Indonesian troops and leaving only 25,000 soldiers in the province Aceh Monitoring Mission Regional elections held
Belligerents
Indonesiaball Supported by: USAball
Free Aceh Movementball Supported by: Free Papua Movementball Libyan Arab Jamahiriyaball
Commanders
Suharto B. J. Habibie Abdurahman Wahid Megawati Sukarnoputri Susilo Yudhoyono
Hasan di Tiro Zaini Abdullah Abdullah Syafei'i Muzakkir Manaf Sofyan Daud Ayah Muni
Strength
12,000 (1990) 30,000 (2001) 15,000 (2002) 35,000-50,000 (2003)
25 (1976) 200 (1979-89) 750 (1991) 15,000-27,000 (1999) 3,000 (2005)
Casualties
100 soldiers killed (1976–2005)
100 (1976–79) 2–10,000 (1991-92) 393 (1993) 1,041 (2000) 1,700 (2001) 1,230 (2002)

Insurgency in Aceh is a conflict that takes place in Acehball.