Word: reinado
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...ESCAPED. Alfredo Reinado, 39, army officer who led a breakaway faction of East Timor's military to rebel against the government; in a mass breakout along with 55 other prisoners; in Dili. Widespread unrest and fighting between Reinado's troops and government forces in May killed at least 20 people, prompting the deployment of international peacekeeping troops and eventually leading to the resignation of Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri in June. Gang violence in Dili following Reinado's escape has raised concerns about the nation's fragile security situation...
...government forces] push me. I will push back at them," says Reinado, who last year completed a three-month course in maritime planning at the Australian Defence College in Canberra. "If I wanted to, I could be in Dili two days ago. But I'm not a criminal. I don't want to injure civilians. So far, no civilians have been hit by any bullets...
...Juggling three mobile phones, Reinado gives orders, takes calls from journalists, and snipes at East Timor's government. Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri is "just a cockroach," he says with a laugh. "He tried to kill me. But I never hide. They know where to find me. I'm waiting for them...
...caller who asks about the arrival of Australian troops, he says: "What do the Aussies do here? Why aren't they out having a look around? Are they here for a holiday?" Later, over curried chicken and fried rice in the pousada's once grand dining room, Reinado holds court among his admiring followers, whose automatic rifles are left loaded and ready at the door...
...says Alkatiri and other former resistance fighters in the government are communists who've been talking about buying surface-to-air missiles "to shoot down planes." Their ideas are outdated, he says: "None of the young people think that way now." But Reinado says he has no political ambitions. "I'm an officer. My loyalty is to my President [Xanana Gusm?o...