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Military, economic and political aid to Indonesia
Jul
17 BBC: TNI to crackdown on plans for independent West Timor
News added July 18
“If the plans are still only a matter
of discourse then I will make no comment, but if an NTR [Independent Timor]
is declared in NTT [West Timor], I will demonstrate no tolerance. I will
wipe them all out! ... If this concept of forming an NTR violates the unity
and sovereignty of Indonesia then this will be dangerous ... Have those
proposing an NTR both from East Timor and Kupang thought this out properly?
Plans like this will cause NTT to lose face with the rest of Indonesia”
Nine/Udayana Military Area Commander Maj-Gen William da Costa
Jul
17 ABC: Australian report links Indonesian military with Timor militia
News & release added July 18
"The study, written by Australian diplomats,
says the Indonesian military supported the violence of the East Timor militia
with weapons, money, transport and strategic direction. It says Indonesian
special forces set up a second chain-of-command to deal with the militia.
... A senior Foreign Affairs official says the book shows that Australia
must be worldly wise and see that assurances from Indonesia’s military
are not always reliable." Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Mar
23 AP: Pro-Jakarta Militias Vow To Continue Fighting ETimor Government
News & Background
"Indonesia invaded East Timor in 1975
and ruled it with an iron fist until a 1999 U.N.-sponsored independence
referendum. The militias served as auxiliaries for the Indonesian army
in the war against guerrillas. Their activity increased dramatically in
the run-up to the plebiscite. Hundreds of East Timorese civilians were
killed during army and militia rampages that followed the vote. Since the
Indonesian withdrawal in October 1999, the gangs have operated out of bases
in West Timor." Associated Press
Mar
6 UPI: Army key to Indonesia's power Analysis
"Indonesia's top generals sent a message
written in the blood of slaughtered Madurese civilians to President Abdurrahman
Wahid last week, "You do not rule Indonesia, we do." ... in East Timor
in the late 1990s, TMI [Indonesian army] did not hesitate to equip and
lead paramilitary forces that inflicted a reign of terror on a population
seeking independence from Indonesia. ... When Habibie angered Wiranto and
other army commanders by agreeing to a referendum over independence in
east Timor, they retaliated by unleashing a wave of terror within East
Timor." Martin Sieff, Senior News Analyst, United Press International
Feb
7 NRP: Chomsky/Soares: Breaking Free: East Timor's Quest for Independence
Radio program added June 26
"For East Timorese people, independence
came with great costs. Refugees are still languishing
in camps in West Timor, and though they won the right to autonomy after
the elections in October 1999, many people are asking why international
agencies such as the United Nations continue to hold decision-making power
instead
of the East Timorese themselves. On this program, we take a look at
intervention in East Timor." National Radio Project
Dec
10 2000 ACFOA Position Paper: Negotiations of the Timor Gap Zone
of Cooperation Report
"On 22 February 1991, the Timor Gap Treaty
[between Australia and Indonesia] was challenged by Portugal next to the
International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the basis that Australia had interfered
with the rights of Portugal as the administering power of East Timor and
“the right of the people of East Timor to self-determination”. At the same
time it defended the right of the East Timorese to all resources on their
seabed which should be determined according to the median line principle
under UNCLOS III. The court dismissed the action because to invalidate
the agreement it would needed to decide on the legality of Indonesia’s
annexation of East Timor. However this could not be done since Indonesia
did not recognize the jurisdiction of the Court." Australian
Council for Overseas Aid
Nov
1999 NI: Make your own militia Chronology added May 24
"24 July 1999: A secret six-hour
meeting of militia and military leaders in Dili is held. They lay out a
post-referendum plan that includes instigation of riots, targeting and
assassination of independence activists and full mobilization of militias
and armed forces. Makarim gives militia leader Eurico Guterres a list of
370 people to eliminate as part of a campaign of terror. All UN staff and
foreign journalists are to be forced out of East Timor."