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"Don't leave Dili.   However bad it is there, it is worse outside.   The
road to Atambua is lined with dead.   Heads and headless bodies, people
who have been shot and hacked to death." These are the words of a girl
who escaped from Dili, then rang her mother yesterday. (Sunday 5th
September)

On August 30, the people of East Timor voted overwhelming (78.5% to
21.5%) for their independence.  During nearly 24 years of brutal
occupation by the Indonesian army hundreds of thousands have died.

Having lost in a fair ballot run by the United Nations, the Indonesian
army (TNI), together with its creation, the militia thugs, have gone on
a rampage of killing and burning throughout East Timor. Despite the
smokescreen of disorder, used to neutralise the media and the UN, this
is a well-planned exercise. The goal is the removal of all independence
supporters from East Timor. This means 80% of the population will be
�cleansed� in the coming days. Every day the world does nothing more
East Timorese are butchered.

The Indonesian Government and military have proved themselves totally
untrustworthy and dismissive of any diplomatic efforts. The world must
do more than talk.

We need to press our goverment, the International community and the UN
for immediate action.

Australia:
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A.Downer.MP@aph.gov.au
Tim.Fischer.MP@aph.gov.au
Kim.Beazley.MP@aph.gov.au
Tim.Fischer.MP@aph.gov.au
J.Moore.MP@aph.gov.au

(For more details you can go to the Parliament House  website at
[www.aph.gov.au]  I have found almost all Australian politicians to be
receptive, but we need to give them the courage to make some hard
decisions.)

Please request-
    Withdraw Australia�s de jure recognition of Indonesia�s annexation
of East Timor;
    Sever Australia�s remaining military ties with Indonesia;
    Support calls for international institutions including the IMF and
the World Bank to suspend all assistance to Indonesia;
    Call upon Australia�s regional neighbours to bring all possible
pressure to bear on Indonesian at a bilateral and regional level
including through the APEC forum; and To act urgently to establish a
peacekeeping force to end the military created anarchy that exists in
East Timor and to protect the security of all citizens of East Timor,
with or WITHOUT Indonesian consent.

Tell them that to sit by and do nothing, as our  nearest neighbour
suffers a NAZI style extermination,  is not acceptable.

Alexander Downer has consistently refused the idea of peacekeepers
being  involved in the process and promised only days ago that Australia
will support the East Timorese.  Let him know that he will be held to
his promise.

International
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PLEASE also send messages to

    Kofi Anan, Secretary General UN               Email:   ecu@un.org
    Bill Clinton, President USA
Email:President@whitehouse.gov
    Madeline Albright, US Secretary State         Email:
secretary@state.gov

Urgently requesting
    An International force in East Timor, with or WITHOUT Indonesian
consent.
    Immediate cessation of IMF funding until the Indonesian army
withdraws and allows in Peace Keepers,
    Real threats rather than more pointless diplomacy.

Please also pass on this message .... DO IT NOW! in a week it may be too
late for the Timorese.

Thanks All,


John Curtis