At least 13 people were killed in the troubled Aceh...

At least 13 people were killed in the troubled Aceh region on the Indonesian island of Sumatra where an offensive by government troops aimed at containing a separatist insurgency there is now in its second month. The separatist Free Aceh Movement accuses the Indonesian security forces of frequently carrying out "gangland execution-style" killings of whoever is believed to be a separatist militant or to support the secessionist cause.The guerrillas have been fighting since 1976 for an independent state under Islamic law on the oil-rich northern tip of Sumatra. Despite several cease-fire agreements, nearly 600 people have been killed in fighting in the province in 2001.