Call me cynical, but when I heard this on the radio at lunchtime, I immediately thought this had been orchestrated from over the border in Indonesia, as opposed to being a random act of criminal damage. I don’t think Gusmao and co will be too upset – gives them an excuse to bail out of prosecutions. He is pragmatic enough to know picking a fight with the Indonesian military is not a particularly useful thing for East Timor to do.

OK, ‘cynical,’ how about the whole thing was orchestrated from across the border? It is in Indonesia’s interests to create as much hell for Timor-Leste as possible.

Have you guys read article written by Tim Anderson about Howard’s Plan in East Timor? I have read it the indonesian version but i can perhaps find the english version.

It is pretty sad to hear that the document is stolen. A more likely plausible analysis will be the Indonesian agents involvments but it could perhaps be an outcome of randomly riotious acts. I havent had a chance to contact my friends at Yayasan HAK, a leading human rights organisation that investigated the gross violation of human rights in East Timor after the referendum, to find information about this stolen document.

Thanks for that, Citu. I haven’t read Anderson’s bit yet but I will look it up.

I found the link for that article. Check this out!

Good going, Citu. reading….

OK, I’ve read Anderson. I remain a bit foggy on the existence of an Australian-backed coup that was suggested. I’d like to know more about TNI or Kopassus activities in recent weeks.

I saw Alkatiri interviewed by Kerry O’Brien on the 7:30 Report. I was unmoved by Alkatiri’s body language and delivery. Alkatiri left me with the impression that there was more to know than he was saying.