----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Rozoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 4:32 PM Subject: [STOPNATO.ORG.UK] Clinton Sends U.S. Warships Off Timorese Coast STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK [We know better than to take the likes of Clinton, Cohen, et. al. at their word, but just a brief reminder: The Indonesian armed forces remain one of the largest purchasers of U.S. and British arms in the world; Indonesian officers continue to train in the United States; more American intelligence advisors were sent to Indonesia just last week...So what's really happening, given the laughable claims of Clinton and Cohen concerning human rights? Think oil reserves in the Timor Gap, the balkanization of Indonesia and Far East Asia in general, and the solidification of U.S./UK-led military alliances in the East, with Australia and Japan as linchpins. A new expanded ANZUS ready to pounce on any nation or regime that won't tow the globalist line.] Sydney Morning Herald September 15, 2000 US warships off Dili as Clinton calls for curb on militias BY MARK DODD in Dili and DAVID LAGUE The United States has turned up diplomatic and military pressure on Jakarta to end militia violence in West Timor and allow up to 120,000 East Timorese refugees to return home. As a major US force, including three amphibious assault ships and a guided missile cruiser, arrived off Dili, the US United Nations envoy, Mr Richard Holbrooke, warned yesterday that violence might explode in East Timor and West Timor. The US Defence Secretary, Mr William Cohen, is due to arrive in Jakarta at the weekend with a tough message from President Clinton calling on the Wahid Government to control its military and curb the militia. It will be a strong signal that patience is running out in Washington after last week's murders of three foreign UN relief workers, including an American, in West Timor. Mr Holbrooke said the UN should delay an earlier decision to send a mission to Jakarta until a special Indonesian envoy arrived in New York for talks. "We run the risk of the two halves of Timor exploding into a new era of violence unless swift and strong action is taken by the international community and by the Indonesian military authorities," he said. A US military spokesman, Major Curtis Manchester, said that the US flotilla was visiting Dili "in support of the UN operation". "This is part of the US's ongoing commitment to the East Timorese people and to our Australian and other allies in the area," he said. Diplomatic analysts said the visiting warships sent a strong signal to Jakarta that the US was serious about forcing Indonesia to end the suffering. The fleet, part of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, carries 4,000 sailors and Marines. A US Marine Corps statement on Tuesday strongly suggested that the visit was linked to security, and left no doubt about Washington's support for East Timor. The visit was also designed to enhance "peace and security within the region". International pressure on Indonesia to halt the militia violence has intensified since the three foreigners, who were working for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and 11 refugees were killed in the border towns of Atambua and Betun. The UN has evacuated all its staff from West Timor and expressed grave concern about the fate of the estimated 120,000 East Timorese refugees stranded in militia-controlled camps. Most of these refugees were driven from East Timor in the chaotic and final days of Indonesian rule last year. Yesterday the UN Special Representative for East Timor, Mr Sergio Vieira de Mello, left for Bali for talks on the crisis with Indonesia's Co-ordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs, Mr Susilio Bambang Yudhoyono, and senior military officials. Mr Vieira de Mello is scheduled to fly to Jakarta today to meet President Wahid and seek further details on Indonesia's plans to deal with the militia. Jakarta says it has sent two battalions of troops to West Timor to help restore order. ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb
