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East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horte Shot, Now in Critical Condition.

category international | miscellaneous | other press author Monday February 11, 2008 10:35author by ET

Jose Ramos Horte was a frequent visitor to Ireland as an exiled activist. These days he is the President of East Timor. He was shot in the last 24 hours. Operated on by the Australian military in Dili, he has been flown to Darwin. See link.....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080211/ap_on_re_as/east_ti...ident

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Suharto should have been put on trial for Genocide in the Hague
author by Norapublication date Mon Feb 11, 2008 15:20author email noorazao at hotmail dot comauthor address Malaysiaauthor phone 00-60125394924

It's simply devastating for the unfortunate East Timorese. Not only they never got any justice just as the West Papuans (who are still colonized brutally and mass murdered similarly by the Indonesian Govt), now the problem is still being stirred up to topple the legitimate East Timorese govt that includes their revered injured President. Such injustice is unbelievable ; imagine the anguish of the East Timorese and West Papuans. Now that monster Suharto had died with justice denied, time to bring in the other Indonesian generals and leaders into the dock as they did and are doing with the Serbian and Rwandan leaders.

COUNTERPUNCH LINK -AlanNairn "The Shooting of Jose Ramos Horte"
author by Counterpunchpublication date Tue Feb 12, 2008 15:58author address author phone

http://www.counterpunch.org/nairn02112008.html

LINK-East Timorese Criticism of Australian Response
author by E.T.publication date Sun Feb 17, 2008 22:24author address author phone

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=108697

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/86181

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