(20 May 2003)
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STORYLINE:
Indonesia's military on Tuesday sent more paratroopers into Aceh in a massive offensive to destroy separatist rebels, while world leaders urged Jakarta to restart talks with the insurgents.
Five rebels were killed and seven others captured on Monday during the first day of the assault, Lt. Col. Achmad Yani Basuki said on Tuesday.
Indonesia has sent more than 1,000 elite troops to the northwestern province, firing rockets and landing marines in what is expected to be Indonesia's biggest military operation since it invaded East Timor in 1975.
Indonesian military chief Gen. Endriartono Sutarto told 300 troops in Aceh's capital of Banda Aceh on Tuesday to fight rebels of the Free Aceh Movement, known as GAM, "till your last drop of blood."
A rebel spokesman, Sofyan Daud, said only civilians have died since the start of the offensive and insisted the guerillas will hold their own on the battlefield.
On Tuesday, villagers close to the northern town of Bireun found the corpse of a 60-year-old local councilor who local police said had been shot by the rebels.
Bireun police Maj. Laksa Widiana said rebels in the area were burning buildings - mostly schools. At least 20 schools were burned Monday.
Unidentified men also torched around 40 schools in Pidie district by early Tuesday, an education official in the region said on condition of anonymity.
Maj. Gen. Endang Suwarya, the military chief in Aceh, said that a battalion of soldiers was being dropped close to southern town of Takengon, a known rebel stronghold.
The United States, Japan, Australia and members of the European Union said that talks aimed at securing a deal for Aceh's regional autonomy should have been given more time to succeed.
Peace talks between the two sides in Tokyo collapsed Sunday when the rebels rejected Jakarta's demands to lay down their weapons and accept offers for regional autonomy. The rebels vowed to resist any attack, and to fight on
for independence for the province of 4.3 million people.
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