Precedence: bulk IFET-OP Media Alert: As Mass Killing in East Timor Ensues, American Observers Remain in Dili FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 5 September 1999 International Federation for East Timor (IFET) Observer Project East Timor field office Bairro Pite Kec. RT/RW 01 (di depan SD 4) Dili Barat, East Timor Tel. 62-390-321969 fax:62-390-321264 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.etan.org/ifet Breaking reports from Dili indicate that the army and the militias are now working together openly to wreak new terror on the streets of East Timor's capital. The neighborhood of Becora has been attacked and witnesses tell of new deaths as the line between military and paramilitary becomes less distinct. International workers at the International Federation for East Timor's Observer Project (IFET-OP) office in Dili are standing by, ready to speak to reporters. American observers have expressed their concern with the flight of foreign journalists, especially US media; they urge foreign media to remain in Dili to record what's happening. The number for the IFET-OP office in Dili is 62-390-321969. END ____________________________________________________________________________ | Eric S. Piotrowski ____________________| "The oppressed cannot remain | | IFET-OP U.S. Interim Coordinator ______| oppressed forever. The urge for | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________| freedom will eventually come." | | http://www.atlantic.net/~altin ________| - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | |________________________________________|_________________________________| Support the International Federation for East Timor's Observer Project http://etan.org/ifet Phone: 831-728-4190 Fax: 831-761-1401 ---------- SiaR WEBSITE: http://apchr.murdoch.edu.au/minihub/siarlist/maillist.html
