Comments on: Curfew in East Timor following assasination attempt http://www.bloggernews.net/113724 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:59:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: John M Miller http://www.bloggernews.net/113724#comment-226646 John M Miller Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:08:02 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/113724#comment-226646 High-quality this report isn't. I'm losing track of the factual errors in this post. Whether the assasination attempts were the result of a failed coupfailed coup or something else remain to be seen. The renegade military man who tried to kill East Timor's president was a major not a general. Indonesia invaded East Timor in 1975. Most of the 100,000 to 200,000 killed as a result of that illegal invasion were killed or in the early years of the occupation in the late 1970s. The perpetrators were Indonesia's security forces acting on orders of their government led by the recently deceased dictator Suharto. The brutality of the Indonesian occupation had nothing to do with the fact that Indonesia is majority muslim or that the East Timorese are majority Catholic. It was a result of the refusal of the Timorese to accept subjugation. Indonesia's military has been as brutal with muslims in Aceh and elsewwhere who similarly refused to submit. A small portion (about 1500 were murdered in the year of Timor's independence referendum, which the UN brokered with Indonesia and conducted - not allowed). The height of the unrest in post-independence E Timor occurred a year and a half ago. It has not been growing, but most of the issue from that time remain unresolved. High-quality this report isn’t. I’m losing track of the factual errors in this post.

Whether the assasination attempts were the result of a failed coupfailed coup or something else remain to be seen.

The renegade military man who tried to kill East Timor’s president was a major not a general. Indonesia invaded East Timor in 1975.

Most of the 100,000 to 200,000 killed as a result of that illegal invasion were killed or in the early years of the occupation in the late 1970s. The perpetrators were Indonesia’s security forces acting on orders of their government led by the recently deceased dictator Suharto. The brutality of the Indonesian occupation had nothing to do with the fact that Indonesia is majority muslim or that the East Timorese are majority Catholic. It was a result of the refusal of the Timorese to accept subjugation. Indonesia’s military has been as brutal with muslims in Aceh and elsewwhere who similarly refused to submit.

A small portion (about 1500 were murdered in the year of Timor’s independence referendum, which the UN brokered with Indonesia and conducted - not allowed).

The height of the unrest in post-independence E Timor occurred a year and a half ago. It has not been growing, but most of the issue from that time remain unresolved.

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