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But the paper warned of big problems: The Indonesians "fear that if the logic of secession is not checked, there will be no Indonesia left for them to call home"; the military's refusal to contemplate Aceh's departure, saying it would be unconstitutional; and the region's economic role as a major producer of Indonesia's natural gas, oil, gold, silver, pepper, rubber, and timber.
Separatists intensified their campaign in January when the Indonesian president announced that there would be a referendum on autonomy or independence in East Timor, but the Straits Times observed, "Amputation is out because Aceh is unquestionably a part of Indonesia, unlike the former Portuguese colony East Timor it invaded and then annexed in 1976."
More than 250 people have been killed and around 140,000 displaced from their homes since May, when the Indonesian military stepped up its campaign against the Free Aceh Movement.
The paper said that the north Sumatran province of Aceh "long a festering sore on the Indonesian body politic, is now an open wound."
It praised President Abdurrahman Wahid, who is currently in the United States, for promising another referendum for the Aceh region.