Indonesia

February 2005 | Risk Summary

Foreign troops are beginning to leave tsunami-hit Aceh province ahead of the Indonesian government's deadline of March 31. The US carrier Abraham Lincoln, a vital launching pad for helicopters flying relief supplies to remote villages, sailed away on February 3. 'We have agreed with the Indonesian government that we would stay as long as needed and not a moment longer,' said B. Lynn Pascoe, the US ambassador. The Jakarta government is intensely sensitive about the presence of foreign troops in Aceh, where it is fighting a three-decade war against separatist

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