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Article: Voices raised here can help East Timor rebuild.(Brief Article)
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- National Catholic Reporter
- Article date:
- April 27, 2001
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The people of East Timor need the opportunity to develop their young nation. However, to do so they need help from the outside world. It will take many years for the East Timorese to rise from the ashes of anger and revenge.
In the weeks following the U.N.-sponsored elections in August 1999, militiamen, backed by Indonesian police and military, inflicted mayhem throughout East Timor, burning and pillaging homes, running wild on city streets and murdering at will. According to some reports, roads were lined with posts topped with decapitated heads. Many people fled.
Meanwhile, up to 100,000 East Timorese refugees continue to languish in militia-controlled ...