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...Then, says Reinado, "they start the shooting. Chasing people, do whatever they like until the morning. On the 29th they go with the same mission: they are still shooting. It is no more demonstration. Everybody has run away." And with good reason: "They were using grenade launchers against the riot," he says. "I can't believe...
...government's purpose, according to Reinado, was simple: "They want to destroy all the petitioners." So disgusted was he by such misuse of the Army that he led his men into the hills. Alkatiri and Lere have both rejected Reinado's account of events; both men refused to speak to Time...
...Reinado's decision took the fighting to a new and bloodier level. By then some 20,000 residents had fled Dili, fearing a repeat of the carnage that left 1,500 dead following East Timor's vote for independence seven years ago. The rebels refused government demands to surrender, calling instead for the Army itself to disarm, and for an investigation into their grievances. As street gangs fought running battles over east-west island rivalries through the suburbs of Becora and Fatuahi, the rebels launched attacks against the military headquarters at Tasi Tolu, 6 km from Dili. The civilian government...
Strolling the ramparts of the mountaintop pousada (inn) in his Army-issue shorts and thongs, rebel commander Alfredo Reinado is directing an effort to besiege Dili. Mobile phone glued to his ear, he mutters orders to subordinates 45 km away, who are fighting to recover the body of a fallen companion. "I want to see the battle," he says, "but my men will not let me. They are worried for my safety...
...former head of East Timor's military police, Reinado, 39, is to some his country's tormentor and to others its best hope. It's now nearly four weeks since he gathered 28 of his most loyal men and their weapons and vehicles and quit the capital. Disgusted by the government's use of the Army to crush a protest by striking soldiers, he vowed not to return until the government promised an official inquiry. For two weeks he and his soldiers sat and waited in Aileu. Then, last Monday, he went to the hills east of Dili to investigate...