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East Timor:  Genocide in Paradise 

     I was in high school when the war started. I had no political ties, didn't belong to any party. My friends and I were forced to join the Indonesian army. None of us wanted to, but if we didn't, we would have been killed. 
     I went on operations to kill other Timorese, ordinary people. I felt strange—none of us felt good. But after two or three years, it was easy.  You get used to killing. 
     I was forced to kill my best friend. I don't want to talk about it; I don't feel good when I think about it. They knew he was my friend so they forced me to shoot him. They do these things to test you.  

     In 1975, after centuries of Portuguese rule, tiny East Timor—population 700,000—declared its independence. Nine days later, Indonesia—current population 200 million plus—invaded. Since that day, well over 200,000 East Timorese have died. 
     Noam chomsky calls it "perhaps the greatest death toll relative to the population since the Holocaust." Yet Indonesia's actions are supported, diplomatically and economically, by the United States, Canada, Australia and most other western countries. 
     In this book, Matthew Jardine and Chomsky tell the the story of East Timor's heroic struggle against impossible odds, and explain why you so seldom hear about it the western media. They also suggest ways you can help these long-suffering people gain the peace, freedom and justice they deserve. 

--from the back cover 

Contents
    Acknowledgments 
    Preface 
    Map 
    Introduction by Noam Chomsky 
The Santa Cruz massacre  
Portuguese rule  
World War II and after 
The struggle for independence 
Indonesia invades 
UN response to the invasion 
US support for Indonesia 
Australian support for Indonesia 
Other supporters of Indonesia 
Indonesia's war of occupation 
You're Indonesians, damn it! 
Recent developments 
East Timor's future 
My visit to East Timor 
What you can do 
Recommended reading 
Notes 

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