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Kissinger's Ghost
Kissinger's Ghost Haunts East Timor
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The 1975-1999 Alliance for Justice
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Reality Bite: Henry Kissinger, then United States Secretary of State, and President Gerald Ford visited the tyrant ruler of Indonesia, President Suharto, in December, 1975. Kissinger knew Suharto planned to invade East Timor. He made no objection, on the ground that it would be unrealistic to offend Indonesia. ...The people of East Timor have paid a heavy price for that realism. In the invasion and subsequent occupation, a third of the population of 600,000 died. Sound Bite: We have in the past worked with Indonesian armed forces and are eager to do that in the future." Dick Cheney, 1991. Reality Bite: Richard Cheney, running mate of George W. Bush in the U.S. elections, was Secretary of Defense during the 1991 Dili massacre in East Timor, when Indonesian soldiers used U. S. supplied M-16 automatic rifles to shoot down more than 270 peaceful demonstrators.
Sound Bite: "...if the East Timorese decide to revolt, I'm sure I'll have a statement." George W. Bush (in 1999), U.S. presidential candidate. Also known as "the English patient", in yet another display of his brilliant grasp of international politics and his deep commitment to "compassionate conservatism". | ||||||
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Bush or Gore: Does it matter to East Timor? | | (ETAN) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Time to punish the usual suspects in Indonesia by Jose Ramos-Horta | | (International Herald Tribune) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Australia - East Timor energy royalty talks pushed back | | (Dow Jones News Wires) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wahid Apologises for mistakes | |
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Warning: Indonesia Heads into the Storm Waters
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Suharto 'stole $155m'
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Suharto to be tried after Annual Session
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Neighbors aksed to help rupiah
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Spinning Gold by Robert Bryce | | (Mother Jones Magzine September/October 19996) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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