Word: indonesian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Independent East Timor, or Fretilin, which slaughtered card-holding members of four other political parties following Portugal's withdrawal from its former colony. Indonesia's invasion the following month sent most Fretilin leaders into exile. Ramos-Horta advocates Fretilin's peace plan: a two-year pullback of Indonesian troops and an eventual U.N.-sponsored referendum on self-rule. "We, the East Timorese, are offering an olive branch to Indonesia," Ramos-Horta told TIME last week, describing the process as a way for Indonesia to save face and regain respect. He says his share of the $1.1 million award should have...
...Indonesian occupation of East Timor began in 1975, and the Muslim country annexed the predominantly Catholic territory the following year...
Salzer said the U.S. government has long-standing ties to the Indonesian government. Ninety percent of the arms used in the initial invasion were U.S.-made, he said...
...East Timorian Action Network, along with other human rights' groups, was successful in postponing the sale of F-16 fighter planes to the Indonesian government, as well as cutting off small-arms sales to the region, he said...
...administration has been more self-righteous. But few administrations have been more self-serving. No administration has shown more arrogance. But few have displayed more ethical failures." On his way to San Diego, he promised to bring up everything from Whitewater to the recent flap over donations from an Indonesian couple. But the town hall format of the upcoming debate may work against the GOP candidate. Wednesday's debate will be conducted in much the same style as the debate in 1992 town-hall meeting in Richmond where Clinton easily and comfortably outshone George Bush and Ross Perot. The format...