East Timor
East Timor’s "independence": illusion and reality
By Mike Head and Linda Tenenbaum, May 18, 2002
Just after midnight on May 20, the tiny enclave of East Timor will be proclaimed the first newly independent country of the 21st century. Amid official celebrations in the capital Dili, UN secretary g...
Leaked spy intercepts prove Australian complicity in Timor massacre
By Mike Head, March 25, 2002
Documents leaked from one of Australia’s premier military intelligence agencies have further exposed the dirty lie behind the Howard government’s ongoing armed intervention in East Timor. ...
US approved 1975 Indonesian invasion of East Timor
By Frank Gaglioti, December 19, 2001
Previously secret documents published by the National Security Archive at George Washington University prove that the United States government gave the green light for the 1975 Indonesian invasion of ...
Hand-picked cabinet in East Timor
By Frank Gaglioti, October 3, 2001
The United Nations administrator in East Timor, Sergio Vieira de Mello, swore in a new cabinet on September 20, following recent elections. While the world’s media hailed it as the territory&rsq...
East Timor election reveals disaffection with Fretilin
By Frank Gaglioti, September 12, 2001
In the leadup to the United Nations-conducted ballot in East Timor on August 30 to elect a Constituent Assembly, the UN, the international media and leaders of Fretilin, the former independence moveme...
A highly-orchestrated election in East Timor
By Frank Gaglioti and Mike Head, August 30, 2001
Even before a single vote was cast in today’s United Nations-organised election of a constituent assembly in East Timor, the local and international media had declared the result to be a foregon...
UN imposes tight control over East Timor elections
By Frank Gaglioti and Mike Head, July 18, 2001
Approved political parties began campaigning this week in East Timor for the election of a constituent assembly on August 30. UN and Timorese officials along with the international media have hailed t...
New Timor Gap treaty secures Australian control of oil and gas projects
By Mike Head, July 11, 2001
The ceremony was not as spectacular as in 1989, but two Australian government ministers still led a champagne toast when they signed a new Timor Gap oil and gas treaty with East Timorese representativ...
Australia refuses to relinquish control over Timor Sea oil and gas
By Mike Head, April 26, 2001
Less than two years after sending 4,000 troops to East Timor on the pretext of defending its population from pro-Indonesia militia, the Australian government is locked in an increasingly bitter disput...
Australia and Portugal to set up an East Timorese army
By Mike Head, December 7, 2000
Australia and Portugal will finance and supervise the setting up of an East Timorese army, underscoring the proposed new state's reliance on the capitalist powers.
