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To: Z268 who wrote (9323)9/14/1999 9:04:00 AM
From: Bosco  Respond to of 9980
 
G'day Steve & all - re: Australia's role in E Timor

Indonesian military is getting to look more and more like something coming out of the banana republic

boston.com

Specifically, the following headline and lead in

Indonesia relents on Australian troops' role

By Joe Lauria, Globe Correspondent, 09/14/99

UNITED NATIONS - Indonesia's foreign minister, Ali Alatas, said yesterday that his government would accept a force in East Timor that included Australian, US, and other non-Asian nations, raising hopes that peacekeepers could be deployed in the territory within days.