Example sentences for: anti-independence

How can you use “anti-independence” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Anti-independence militias in East Timor terrorized rural towns yesterday after voting showed that nearly 80 percent of East Timorese favor independence from Indonesia.

  • The New York Times and Los Angeles Times lead with East Timor, where the region's just-announced vote to secede from Indonesia is being met with a murderous spree by anti-independence groups.

  • The gist of the Post and LAT pieces is of a long-oppressed people finally getting their say, while the NYT goes rather more postmodern, noting that "though the anti-independence militias have clearly had the upper hand in terror, the pro-independence forces, with 24 years of experience in both war and propaganda, have seized the role of well-intentioned victims."

  • The paper cautions that similar agreements between pro- and anti-independence forces have dissolved in the past.

  • It published transcripts of recordings of two-way radio conversations between the special forces unit of the Indonesian army--the Kopassus--and anti-independence militias.


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