---------------------------------------------------------- The US government makes available 55.000 GREEN CARDS (permanent residence visa) in a random lottery. Visit http://www.us-immigration.org for details on how to play the GREEN CARD LOTTERY -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 Indonesia Daily News Online http://www.indo-news.com/ Free Email @KotakPos.com visit: http://my.kotakpos.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------- The Indonesian Observer, Friday, September 22, 2000 TNI suspicious of US marines at border JAKARTA (IO) - The military's chief of security in East Nusa Tenggara and Bali yesterday questioned the presence of 600 US marines on the border area between West Timor and East Timor. "Why should they deploy 600 marines and three warships on the pretext of dropping off humanitarian aid and giving assistance to development in East Timor?" Major General Kiki Syahnakri, chief of the Bali-based Udayana regional military command, was quoted by Antara as saying. Speaking to journalists in the West Nusatenggara capital of Mataram, Syahnakri said the presence of the US marines on the border was rather questionable. He said helicopters, carrying US troops to drop humanitarian assistance at border areas, had trespassed into Indonesian territory. Local Indonesian authorities have lodged protests against the territorial intrusion and the commander of the UN peacekeeping force in East Timor has apologized. The deployment of the US marines to East Timor came days after three UN aid workers, including one American, were slain in West Timor, where their local office was attacked by evil militias on September 6 in the town of Atambua. Commenting on the issuance of Resolution No. 1309 by the United Nations Security Council in relation to the Atambua massacre, Syahnakri said the reasoning behind the resolution was mostly misleading. Citing an example, he referred to the claim that 20 people were killed on September 7, which he said was totally baseless. According to him, this was based on rumors spread by certain parties to discredit Indonesia to make it appear that the country is utterly incapable of overseeing security in East Nusa Tenggara. "These rumors then led to the issuance of the resolution with the misleading considerations," he said. Foreign bodies and aid groups were unable to confirm the report that 20 people had been killed in West Timor on September 7, as foreign humanitarian workers were fleeing the region. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 25 Sep 2000 jam 10:16:30 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
