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The LAT draws a connection between the arrival of Indonesian army troops, sent to "restore peace," and the imminent refugee crisis: It was the army that trained, paid, and supported the anti-independence militias who're leading the killing rampage.
In Singapore, the Sunday Straits Times reported from West Timor that pro-Jakarta militias are being trained by Indonesian army defectors to kill Australian soldiers.
"Deranged militias, abandoned factories, and seething hostility to the poor, that is Michigan to me."
The WP's Keith Richburg quotes diplomats and military analysts as saying that thousands of East Timorese members of Indonesian forces have deserted their units and joined the militias, and even cites some unconfirmed reports of soldiers firing on soldiers.
The Los Angeles Times and Washington Post lead with the situation in East Timor, where militias closely associated with the military and police forces of Indonesia are routing the largely pro-secessionist populace.