Soldiers are playing political football with Moluccan lives, NATION

From: The Nation (Thailand) | Date: July 21, 2000 | Copyright information

The Nation (Thailand)
07-21-2000
Thousands of people have died in the Moluccas (Maluku), the popularly
known Spice Islands north of Australia, in what seems to be a religious
war between Christians and Muslims. Official estimates have put the death
toll at 3,000.

However, Rev John Barr from the Uniting Church of Australia has put
the death toll at about 10,000, which has been confirmed by my sources
in Maluku and Australia. This includes the nearly 500 refugees whose boat
capsized in the stormy waters between North Maluku and North Sulawesi last
month.

Despite the state of "civilian emergency" ...

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