The Timor killings<\/p>\n
The savage murders of three UN refugee agency staffers in West
\nTimor came as more than 150 heads of state and government
\nassembled in New York for a UN Millennium Summit meant to
\nstrengthen to organization's peacekeeping capability.<\/p>\n
Secretary-General Kofi Annan expressed outrage to Indonesian
\nPresident Abdurrahman Wahid. In turn, Mr. Wahid said he was
\nmourning for the slaughtered UN refugee workers.<\/p>\n
This and other atrocities could not have happened if the
\nIndonesian military did not allow them to happen. Indeed, there
\nis suspicion among relief workers and UN personnel that the
\nspecial forces known as Kopassus and the Indonesian army were the
\nhidden organizers of what appears to be a highly orchestrated
\neffort to drive the UN staffers from the refugee camps.<\/p>\n
Since Mr. Wahid lacks true control of the Indonesian military,
\nhe is the wrong person to hector, and UN bureaucrats are the
\nwrong people to be demanding an end to the terrorism of the
\nmilitias. Indonesian army officers are the responsible parties,
\nand U.S. military officials who trained many of them are the ones
\nto demand a halt to the bloodletting.<\/p>\n
Kofi Annan can hardly impose his will on the Indonesian
\nofficers behind the killings. The U.S. Army can and should.<\/p>\n
-- The Boston Globe, USA<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/the-timor-killings-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }