---------------------------------------------------------- FREE for JOIN Indonesia Daily News Online via EMAIL: go to: http://www.indo-news.com/subscribe.html - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - Dengan mengClick banner sponsor anda menyumbang Rp. 1000,- untuk HomePage IndoNews. ---------------------------------------------------------- SUPANGKAT'S COLUMN: INDONESIA USED NIXON DOCTRINE IN EAST TIMOR The Cold War tactics and strategy should be erased from practice because it is no longer compatible with the post Cold War Era. But Indonesian Army in Eas Timor has been perpetuating it by using groups of integrationist people against the pro-independence once, not only politically but also militarily. The military operation against the Falintil-Fretilin guerillas used the so-called "pagar betis" (cordon mop up) where civilians were put up front as a bait. The In- nesian military managed to wipe out the Muslim rebellion in West Java, Kaliman- tan, Sulawesi successfully. I don't know whether this is against the Geneva Convention or not. But the practice is abominable, using the unarmed innocent civilians as baits. Above that, the Indonesian military is perpetuating "Nixon Doctrine" in Indochina: use Indochinese against Indochinese! The Indonesian military has been using the East Timorese against East Timorese. If we had good intention in East Timor to make it a good 27th Province, we should educated them to live peacefully and freely so that they became good Indonesians. Instead, we played them one against another, arming the militias, even there is good reason for that. The guerillas became bolder and bolder attacking military posts in the villages, in the towns and there was always colateral victims. But this caused by the military itself who behaved like Israeli occupation forces in Palestine, even worse, they killed innocent civilians, even massacred them like they did on November 12, 1991 at funeral in Santa Cruz. As a result, people deserted to pro-independence guerillas making the case even worse since they are targetted by the military mercilessly. But this has become an irreversible phenomena, the independence spirit being so contagious could not be stopped, even Gareth Evans has to admit it. The Tripartite is supposed to start tomorrow until April 10, and to be finalised on April 20 on Ministerial level. The latest development where Xanana has ordered the pro-independence people to fight back after the latest massacre in Liquisa, the war drums on both sides began to thunder around threatening peaceful atmosphere as a sine-qua-non for the voting on either autonomy or independence. The UN Secretary General is in Geneva attending the annual Human Right Con- ference, the Security Council is still preoccupied with Irak, the Kosovo crisis is looming over the world with the human disaster exploding with the ethnic cleansing and NATO bombing, East Timor seemed to be sidelined for the time being. Kofi Annan refused to consider UN peacekeeping troops, Xanana cs want them, Indonesia flatly refused them, it is still a long way to go. H.S. Hidayat Supangkat The United Nations. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 8 Apr 1999 jam 14:42:11 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
