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PHOTOS
a) Protesters chant slogans during a rally in front of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta Monday, to protest Australia's
role in leading U.N. peacekeeping forces into East Timor. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
b) Australian Blackhawk helicopters deploy troops outside the East Timor town of Liquica Monday. (Pool/Reuters)
c) A resident of Liquica holding a resistance sticker, smiles as Australian soldiers roar down a hill on an Light
Armored Vehicle (LAV) as the International Force for East Timor (INTERFET) secures the town of Liquica and surroundings.
(AP Photo/Maya Vidon, Pool)
NEWS
1) Anti- Australian protests hit Indonesian cities 28/09/99 (AFP) JAKARTA - Australian flags were burned Monday in at
least two Indonesian cities, while anti-Australian rallies took place in two other cities amid whipped-up resentment
against Canberra’s role in East Timor, witnesses and reports said.
2) Fresh terror for displaced East Timorese in West Timor 28/09/99 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) "We’ve heard
reports of people being pulled out camps in Atambua in Beru district. Again we’ve heard reports of people being shot and
chopped up into pieces. We’ve had reports of people just being killed or disappeared."
3) Cowardly Indonesian soldiers shoot seven clergy dead. 28/09/99 (AFP) LISBON - Seven members of the clergy were killed
Sunday in East Timor by Indonesian soliders who attacked their car, the Portuguese news agency Lusa reported Monday.
4) Jakarta’s abusive relationship with Timor 28/09/99 (Daily Telegraph) The peculiarly spiteful manner of their
departure was revealing. This was not simply the scorched earth tactics of a defeated army. There was something personal
about the destruction. It was like the tear-stained rage of a violent husband whose wife has walked out on him after one
beating too many.
5) Australian troops secure town of tears 28/09/99 (Sydney Morning Herald) Hundreds of armed militia massing in the town
fled when an Australian Army helicopter dropped leaflets three days ago warning people to stay away from all military
equipment.
6) US addresses new warning to Indonesia 28/09/99 (The New York Times) "The government and armed forces of Indonesia
should understand that what happens in West Timor and to East Timorese living elsewhere in Indonesia is as important to
the United States as what happens in East Timor itself," Albright said at a news conference with the East Timorese
leader, Jose Alexandre Gusmao.
7) UN rights commission votes to investigate Indonesian atrocities 28/09/99 (AFP) GENEVA - The UN human rights
commission on Monday voted to set up an international enquiry into human rights abuses and atrocities committed in East
Timor this month.
8) Indonesia: The national divide deepens 28/09/99 (Christian Science Monitor) JAKARTA: Indonesia’s campaign to win the
allegiance of East Timor was in large part undermined by the use of force. Too much force.
NOTICES
9) INTERFET Australia is currently leading a multinational force, under the auspices of the United Nations, to restore
peace in East Timor. The operation is known as "INTERFET". It is Australia’s most significant military undertaking since
World War II.
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