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Citing a group of U.S. lawmakers visiting East Timor, the Sydney Morning Herald reported that there is strong evidence that the Indonesian military has "worked with militia groups to sabotage" the upcoming vote for autonomy there.
Indeed, notes the NYT , Indonesia has been so defiant of international opinion that it has allowed/perpetrated the violence in East Timor even while being dependent on billions of dollars in outside aid to recover from its economic collapse.
Both papers explain that East Timor, which has 800,000 residents, would face intense poverty if it gains independence.
The papers agree that Monday in East Timor, anti-independence gangs took control, forcing the United Nations to evacuate half its staff, running off the region's Nobel Peace Prize-winning bishop, shooting up the Australian ambassador's residence, burning homes, and shooting and terrorizing the general populace.
Immediately after East Timor voted for independence from Indonesia on Aug. 30, militia groups supported by Indonesian armed forces began attacking pro-independence groups.