Discussion Topic
East Timor troops train in Indonesia?
Posted on 09/10/09, 09:43 pm
A forwarded mail I got from an indy news site for East Timor .. I wonder whether this is similar to how the U.S trains various countries militaries?
Dear Leo
While it is good for neighbours to be on friendly terms, it is maybe
taking politeness too far to praise the Indonesian military's
'professional etiquette' - because almost every week we get reports
about Indonesian security forces' current actions in West Papua -
burning villages, bashing or shooting at civilians, harassing West
Papuan women, killing peoples' livestock and destroying their food
gardens. The attitude of the Timor Leste government seems to be
'Well the Indonesian military has stopped intimidating us -who cares
if it's still intimidating our West Papuan neighbours? (and this is
in spite of the fact that Xanana Gusmao at one time shared a jail cell
with a West Papuan independence activist - who is now in exile. And in
spite of the fact that after Indonesian troops were pulled out of
Timor Leste and Aceh many were sent to West Papua where they continued
acting in the same way as they had in Timor)
The Australian government has a similar attitude- it is ignoring the
abuses committed by the Indonesian troops in West Papua in the
interests of 'friendly relations'. It's a really sad situation for the
West Papuans and one that many Timorese can sympathise with.
Best wishes
Esther
On 10/09/2009, at 12:52 PM, Leo Gusmao wrote:
Dear Magno,
What you are thinking now is Indonesia military institution previously
marked presence in Timor Leste during their occupation for 24 years
and virtually they were not show their skills on such engineering,
others technical matters. what mostly they show were how to combat our
struggle for Independence. But now we may put the past behind, we are
now in the new phase of cooperation and as a neigbour nation,
Indonesia is important nation for Timor Leste. We are hoping that they
may train our troops with professionalism etiquette. it has some
benefits that our troops may have good communication in term of
military techniques as most of them can speak bahasa Indonesia.
Cheers,
Leo Gusmao
+670 732 8293
Dili, Timor-Leste
Dear Leo
While it is good for neighbours to be on friendly terms, it is maybe
taking politeness too far to praise the Indonesian military's
'professional etiquette' - because almost every week we get reports
about Indonesian security forces' current actions in West Papua -
burning villages, bashing or shooting at civilians, harassing West
Papuan women, killing peoples' livestock and destroying their food
gardens. The attitude of the Timor Leste government seems to be
'Well the Indonesian military has stopped intimidating us -who cares
if it's still intimidating our West Papuan neighbours? (and this is
in spite of the fact that Xanana Gusmao at one time shared a jail cell
with a West Papuan independence activist - who is now in exile. And in
spite of the fact that after Indonesian troops were pulled out of
Timor Leste and Aceh many were sent to West Papua where they continued
acting in the same way as they had in Timor)
The Australian government has a similar attitude- it is ignoring the
abuses committed by the Indonesian troops in West Papua in the
interests of 'friendly relations'. It's a really sad situation for the
West Papuans and one that many Timorese can sympathise with.
Best wishes
Esther
On 10/09/2009, at 12:52 PM, Leo Gusmao wrote:
Dear Magno,
What you are thinking now is Indonesia military institution previously
marked presence in Timor Leste during their occupation for 24 years
and virtually they were not show their skills on such engineering,
others technical matters. what mostly they show were how to combat our
struggle for Independence. But now we may put the past behind, we are
now in the new phase of cooperation and as a neigbour nation,
Indonesia is important nation for Timor Leste. We are hoping that they
may train our troops with professionalism etiquette. it has some
benefits that our troops may have good communication in term of
military techniques as most of them can speak bahasa Indonesia.
Cheers,
Leo Gusmao
+670 732 8293
Dili, Timor-Leste
Welcome
Join This Group
And we're all acting... I would like to say, importantly that this group DOES relate extensively to depression and in a broader sense the general contemporary human condition. The group can cover ANYTHING considered important to life and survival.
