AUT: Urgent Plea from E.Timor, Sit.like Chiapas in 1995

["Harry M. Cleaver" <hmcleave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Folks:
Those of you who remember the mass escape to the mountains of the people
of the Zapatista communities that occurred in the Winter of 1995 before
the onslaught of Zedillo's military offensive, will find in the following
message from the mountains of East Timor horrifying similarities with the
suffering of five years ago. Please do something to protest the outrageous
butchery being promulgated in East Timor by the Indonesian government
through its military and paramilitary terrorists.
Harry

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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 00:04:16 +0000
From: Agit Prop Central <dhell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: LABOR-L@xxxxxxxx
Subject: CNRT: HELP US NOW OR THERE WILL BE NO TIMOR TOMORROW

CNRT
National Council for Timorese Resistance
MEDIA RELEASE
For immediate release: 1130 AustralianEST, Wednesday 8 September 1999

"The international community must intervene immediately...or there
will be
no East Timor."

STATEMENT BY:
João Carrascalão
Head of CNRT in Australia
President of UDT (Timorese Democratic Union)

The Field Commander of Falintil, Taun Matan Ruak, called today from
his
base in the mountains of East Timor. He made an impassioned plea for
help
and detailed further atrocities committed by the Indonesian military
machine as it continues its genocide and ethnic cleansing program.

Taun Matan Ruak said:
"The international community must intervene urgently in East Timor --
or
tomorrow there will be no Timor to save.
"I call on Timorese everywhere to mobilise to press in every way they
can
for international intervention."

Taun Matan Ruak made a special appeal to Australia: "Our thanks to
you for what you are doing. But we need more help. Do not forget,
Australia, that we were there to help when Australia needed us, dying
in these very mountains to save Australian troops."

The situation in Dili: "It is chaotic. People are fleeing to the
mountains, being arrested, killed and forced on to trucks to go to
West Timor. "Some East Timorese in the police force have been
murdered, some have fled to the mountains to join us. "Indonesia is
disarming Battalion 744 (an East Timorese territorial battalion); the
Indonesians do not trust them."

The situation in the Districts: Suai: "The Indonesians attacked and
destroyed the church at Suai yesterday. Of 2000 people taking refuge
there, they will 100-200, including two priests and two nuns."
Ermera: "They attacked the church. All the priest and nuns and
everyone sheltering there fled to a hiding place and are safe at
present. Commander Ular (the local Falintil commander) says they are
seeking safety in the mountains." Manatuto: "The church was attacked.
Father Domingos and the people sheltering there escaped to the
mountains. Father Eduardo and another group are also on their way
into the mountains. Laleia, Ossu and Venilale: "Some residents and
some local armed people got away from the military. We are trying to
find them to stop them sacrificing themselves in a hopeless local
fight back. That is going to be difficult; they are very determined
people."

The situation in the mountains: "There are tens of thousands of
refugees in the mountains now; they are in a terrible situation.
"They are hungry, thirsty, sick and in abject misery. "The roads are
blocked, food is very short already. "We are hungry, but we are doing
everything we can to save our people."

Issued on behalf of CNRT by Geoffrey Heard & Associates
Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
GH&A provides this service free to aid the suffering people of East
Timor.

. . . . . .

CNRT
National Council for Timorese Resistance
MEDIA RELEASE
For immediate release: 0930 AustralianEST, Wednesday 8 September 1999

Indonesia's ethnic cleansing target: kill 344,580 East Timorese

STATEMENT BY:
João Carrascalão
Head of CNRT in Australia
President of UDT (Timorese Democratic Union)

Hitler would be envious -- just 96 hours after the United Nations
declared that 78.5 per cent of East Timorese had voted for freedom
from Indonesian oppression, the fascist Indonesian military machine
and its civil government collaborators like Foreign Minister, Ali
Alatas, are well on their way to their target of exterminating
344,580 East Timorese.

They will also kill tens of thousands more -- innocent children.

These people will die, shot, hacked, tortured, raped and starved to
death, unless the free, democratic nations of the world confront
Indonesia today, in every international forum and on the ground in
East Timor.

The figure of 344,580 is the number of people who voted for
independence in the UN ballot, trusting in the assurances of sincere
workers for the United Nations and from governments, including
Australia and Portugal, that they could vote in safety and live to
enjoy freedom afterwards.

But documents circulated in the Indonesian military and auxiliary
pseudo-militia forces before the ballot said that those voting should
be carefully noted, and every voter for independence should be wiped
out after the ballot ... regardless of the result.

Those plans were put into action within an hour of the declaration of
the ballot.

In the 1970s, 200,000 East Timorese died when the the Indonesian
military dictatorship launched an all-out campaign against the
independence movement. That kept the lid on the movement for two
decades.

There can be no doubt that this time, their aim is more ambitious --
to wipe out the East Timorese independence movement for ever. That
means wiping out every East Timorese who voted for independence.

We reiterate Taun Matan Ruak's appeal to all nations -- please help
now. If you don't, there will be no East Timor tomorrow.



Issued on behalf of CNRT by Geoffrey Heard & Associates
Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
GH&A provides this service free to aid the suffering people of East
Timor.

Geoffrey Heard
GH&A Public Relations
Tel: +61 3 9583 0788
Email: gheard@xxxxxxxxxxx
GH&A provides a free PR and information service to CNRT to support
the
people of East Timor in their struggle for freedom.





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