-Caveat Lector- ----Original Message Follows---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rich Winkel) To: undisclosed-recipients:; Subject: Military says 8,000 Indon troops pull out of East Timor Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 00:06:23 -0500 (CDT) /** reg.easttimor: 2872.0 **/ ** Topic: Military says 8,000 Indon troops pull out of East Timor ** ** Written 5:43 AM Sep 17, 1999 by [EMAIL PROTECTED] in cdp:reg.easttimor ** Subject: Military says 8,000 Indon troops pull out of East Timor Military says 8,000 Indonesian troops pull out of East Timor JAKARTA, Sept 17 (AFP) - Some 8,000 Indonesian troops in East Timor have left or are on their way out of the territory and into the border town of Atambua in West Timor, Indonesian military headquarters said Friday. "The personnel of the Wiradarma military command in East Timor, who total 8,000 people, joined by the civil servants, have to immediately leave East Timor and head for the Atambua border," it said in a statement. Military officials said earlier that 5,000 locally-raised East Timorese troops had been withdrawn. It was believed the remaining 3,000 were regular Indonesian troops. "The whole of East Timor now is under the control of the Martial Law Military Command in East Timor which has a strength of three brigades," the statement said. The brigades, each of about 2,000 soldiers, were identified as coming from the marines and the airforce's special forces. The statement said police officers still in East Timor would also be withdrawn from the territory, although it did not say when. Captain Gig Sipasulta from the East Timor Martial Law Military Command spokesman's office said Friday that 5,000 locally-raised East Timorese security forces had been withdrawn. "We pulled them out in order to minimize the possibility of conflict," he told AFP. "The withdrawal still continues today and is expected to continue until the arrival of the peacekeeping force." The Military Command has said the Indonesian armed forces will coordinate with the UN multinational force over their withdrawal. The commander of the peacekeeping force for East Timor, Major General Peter Cosgrove, will fly to Dili Saturday to consult with the Indonesian army, spokesmen from both nations' militaries said Friday. The first batch of soldiers under the multinational force was expected to arrive in East Timor on Monday. ** End of text from cdp:reg.easttimor ** *************************************************************************** This material came from the Institute for Global Communications (IGC), a non-profit, unionized, politically progressive Internet services provider. For more information, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (you will get back an automatic reply), or visit their web site at http://www.igc.org/ . IGC is a project of the Tides Center, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. *************************************************************************** |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| http://www.angelfire.com/mi/smilinks/thirdeye.html |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
