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...panel of scholars and journalists lambasted the U.S. State Department's policy on East Timor at an Institute of Politics-sponsored forum last night at the Kennedy School of Government...
More than 200 people attended the discussion, "Massacre in East Timor," which was moderated by Smith Professor of Law Henry J. Steiner. The panel also included a State Department official...
Steiner opened the proceedings by briefly narrating the history of East Timor, a former Portuguese colony north of Australia that was invaded by Indonesia...
...invasion--intended to be a "quick absorption"--is still far from complete, Steiner said. The most recent tragedy in East Timor was a massacre on November 12, 1991 in the capital city of Dilli...
...United States has de jure recognized the absorption of East Timor into Indonesia, despite U.N. resolutions to the contrary, Steiner said. The U.S. continues to provide military aid to the Indonesia government, he said...