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"A  Third of the East Timorese population had perished by the early 1990's as a direct result of the Indonesian military's efforts to secure the Island. These people had died in the fighting or due to its consequences, many as victims of the famine induced by their forced relocation away from the interior of the island. Of a population of  750,000 more than 250,000 had died.  This was the highest per capita death toll of  any conflict in the 20th century."               --John Martinkus  "A Dirty Little War" On  August 30, 1999, the people of East Timor voted by means of a direct, secret and universal ballot to begin a process leading towards independence.  UNAET (United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor) was established on October 25, 1999 to administer the Territory, exercise legislative and executive authority during the transition period and support capacity-building for self-government.                                                            ---UNAET

EAST TIMOR -  Militia Rampage

(c) David Dare Parker

For a first-person account by Parker click on this photograph

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