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...East Timorese soldiers attacked his home on the outskirts of the capital, Dili, shooting Ramos-Horta at least twice in the torso. The East Timorese president was airlifted to Darwin, Australia, where hospital staff have characterized his situation as serious but stable. The leader of the rebel soldiers, Alfredo Reinado, was killed in a shoot-out with presidential security guards, according to an army spokesman. The spokesman confirmed that shots had also been fired at a car carrying Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão, but that he had escaped unscathed...
...Asia's youngest nation - and one of the region's poorest - has been on edge since the spring of 2006, when hundreds of army troops, predominantly from the country's west were sacked. In protest, army commander Reinado deserted, fashioning himself as leader of a rebel corps. The military dispute sparked a factional civilian conflict between the country's Easterners and Westerners - groups that until then had rarely even defined themselves along regional lines. Dozens died in the ensuing mob violence. An estimated 150,000 of the nation's 1 million citizens were forced to flee their homes. Reinado...
...Although the nation's first post-independence presidential elections proceeded largely peacefully in May 2007, the continuing presence of outlaw soldiers has marred the storyline of a successful young democracy. Gang warfare by groups loosely affiliated with pro- and anti-Reinado forces have only added to the sense of anarchy. Reinado was due to be tried in absentia for his role in the 2006 violence, but the court case would have had little effect given that the former army commander was still on the run. "Even after the elections, we felt like we were waiting for something bad to happen...
...Ramos-Horta himself professed not to be overly concerned about the occasional bloodshed. "Nation-building is a slow, laborious process," he told TIME last year. "It will take time, effort and lots of work." As for Reinado and his men, the President at the time dismissed them as "troublesome flies, who will not deter us from the task of nation-building...
...Australian Defence Force says it is investigating Reinado's claims but will not comment on them until the after-action report on the Same raid is complete. Reinado, who believes he is still being hunted, wants the Australians to leave East Timor. "Australia cannot be an impartial force in this country," he says. If ISF troops attack his men, he warns, they will fight back. "Then it will be worse," he says. "Day after day [the Australians] will have loss of life...