They put down their guns 'for love of Aceh'. From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: February 3, 2006| Author: Herlinger Chris | COPYRIGHT 2006 National Catholic Reporter. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

In both coastal villages and in inland hamlets not far from the provincial capital of Banda Aceh, the experiences of trauma, healing and rebuilding from the 2004 tsunami commingle with something else--palpable relief.

"The conflict," as nearly everyone calls it, is over.

In what observers say is one of the unexpected and unforeseen--but wholly welcome--results of the tsunami, a nearly 30-year conflict that pitted the Indonesian government against a rebel indep...