---------------------------------------------------------- Visit Indonesia Daily News Online HomePage: http://www.indo-news.com/ Please Visit Our Sponsor http://www.indo-news.com/cgi-bin/ads1 ---------------------------------------------------------- The Australian 1 Aug 99 Navy eye on Timor AUSTRALIA is sending 10 warships close to East Timor ahead of the troubled=20 province's vote on independence from Indonesia.=20 The ships, including four guided-missile frigates, a destroyer and two=20 Collins class submarines, could be used to evacuate Australian citizens and=20 UN personnel supervising next month's ballot.=20 The vessels =96 with about 1500 personnel and more than half of Australia's = sea=20 power =96 leave Darwin to begin Exercise Kakadu in the Timor Sea tomorrow.=20 The exercise is one of Australia's biggest naval operations since the Vietna= m=20 War.=20 Violence is rising in East Timor, with one person shot dead in the market=20 area of its capital, Dili, this week during a fight between independence=20 supporters and Indonesian loyalists.=20 Ten F/A-18 Hornet fighters and three F-111 strike aircraft, and a=20 special-forces diving team will also be involved in the exercise.=20 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 1 Aug 1999 jam 23:15:43 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
