Word: reinado
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...split within the security forces deepened on May 22, when rebel soldiers in the hills above Dili were joined by the head of the military police, Lieutenant Commander Alfredo Reinado, and 28 of his men. Reinado tells Time that the second in command of the nation's armed forces, Colonel Lere Anan Timur, summoned Reinado to his headquarters at Tasi Tolu, on the city's western outskirts. The two men traveled to the airport, where a tense meeting took place with Defense Minister Roques Rodrigues. "I heard the Colonel say: "I can destroy them all and rebuild again tomorrow,'' Reinado...
...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...