Footage from East Timor (1999)

Footage from East Timor following the aftermath of the historic 1999 elections.
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[@andyl9235]

the day my father went over in september 1999 was the last time i will ever know my real father. he come back a changed man. so many families went through it

[@ikuma9157]

I know how that feels 😥

[@captainpinky8307]

What changed him?

[@pedrix7431]

I hope God will bless your father and the rest of your family 💖

[@tommylawton6253]

Stolen valour comment

[@tommylawton6253]

Someone always had a father or a grandfather who did what ever the relevant subject is, his dad probably took part in the first manned flight with the Wright brothers almost a century before this 🤦🏻‍♂️ I call bs

[@tristanvillalontriss9220]

The situation in Ukraine, particularly in Donbas, Donetsk, and Luhansk brought me here. Though East Timor armed conflict back then seemed a bit similar with the Yugoslavian War during the 90s too because of independence and ethnicity

[@ferdzdelrey1257]

It reminds me a lot of hardest memories when we were deployed there way back 1999.

[@leom3634]

We feel sadly in that moment thanks alot for your helped

[@Randomguy23335]

My dad was captain that time and got shot on the elbow and my dad had to run into the forest and hide with his friends

[@abriomanuel4842]

❤

[@hanifarmida3565]

I heard australia help developing east timor.

[@RramenNeechannnn1410]

No, australia trick east timor..?

[@agungoka2535]

Nah aussie steal their oil

[@lil_jong-un6668]

Developing in what exactly, besides sucking their oil?

[@TheMegaAsh]

@@lil_jong-un6668 Developing their Government including police and military and their infrastructure such as roads so that when all international help left they would be able to fend for themselves and continue to build their country. Australian Federal Police where assisting the Timorese police and ADF was training the Timorese military......my old man deployed to East Timor in the early 2000s as part of the Australian Army contingent and then he was posted to East Timor for a few years a few years ago as an advisor the Timorese army engineers.

[@fabertaleixo]

Pretty sus how their sucking all our oil tbh🤨

[@ryder2139]

My dad went to East Timor before I was born

[@kusherysouljas4867]

Same

[@kentallard8852]

Scorched Earth, revenge and punishment of the Timorese people and a message to the rest of the Indonesian population.

[@contekante6329]

I hate war!

[@tyrone30able]

@Benjamin was you in the military? I was there around 1999 also?

[@tadc345fan]

Yeah, we hate the war!

[@tristanvillalontriss9220]

During the 90s, two wars from two continents have happened, In Europe ther was Yugoslavian War, and in Asia, the East Timor War. But there is only one similarity. It's about ethnicity🪖🪖

[@rofidnurramadhan330]

Actually this crisis is cause by a bunch of pro Indonesian militia that want to prevent Timor Leste by scorching Timor Leste. 3 years later Timor Leste manage to achieve independent however the pro Indonesian militia manage to destroy 80% of Timor Leste infrastructure and prevent us and their allies from giving humanitarian aids to Timor Leste. Meaning they failed to prevent Timor Leste from independent but they successfully make Timor Leste became unstable. Fun fact:us and the allies lost 65 soldiers while the pro Indonesian militia somehow manage to only lost 15-19 fighter

[@cebugrabfood9628]

what to this?...why they invade timor?

[@TheMegaAsh]

This was years ago. Australia lead a UN force because Indonesia invaded East Timor in the 1970s and destabilised East Timor murdering innocent civilians and committing atrocious crimes against humanity. We didn't invade East Timor, we liberated them.

[@lindalim9240]

7

[@DimaEgorovRU]

7

[@haiqal5691]

@@DimaEgorovRU 8

[@individo3756]

At the moment when i was a boy🇹🇱.

[@chatrexsmbalelo9151]

Please report Aborigin

[@kentallard8852]

What do you mean?

[@abcddef2112]

KentAllard make documentary on how Australian state mistreated Aborigine.

[@fleetadmiral5938]

I love war

[@arijava1154]

and see what's happening in Timor Leste now??? are their people prosperous??? what about the responsibility of australia, portuguese for their incitement to the people of timor leste?? do the people of Timor Leste live prosperously now??

[@karangill2945]

Atleast they are not being killed by your people lol…should america come and occupy you just because you are poorer than america?

[@lil_jong-un6668]

@@karangill2945 That's funny because the purged is endorsed by the US and Australia, as they dislike commies. Killing TL for the sake of it is misleading, our regime back then purged any commies whether it's on TL or not because our regime were the US' b**itch, doing US bidding in commies crusade.

[@lil_jong-un6668]

@@karangill2945 Not that it's the right thing to do, it's just purging TL people for the sake of it is not a fact.

[@sayfolman7752]

same to you does indonesia prosperous if indonesia prosperous why they need to import million of they worker to neighbouring or foreign country

[@heromail2903]

East Timor was huge financial burden for Indonesia, now the burden lifted from Indonesia 's shoulder

[@MoskusMoskiferus1611]

Good, then why these Militia want to keep it then.

[@heromail2903]

@@MoskusMoskiferus1611 It is an old story

[@AR-bh3mn]

Indonesian Lose??? 😂 I laughed hearing this......😂 We didn't completely lose, this is an absolute victory..... The real defeat is having to pay compensation due to the invasion, or getting economic sanctions from other countries..... But look now...... We never paid a penny of our money to compensate Timor Leste? 😂 And fortunately for us, that we can never be blamed or sued in a UN court.... All of these achievements are thanks to the referendum on independence that was elected by the people of Timor Leste! 😆 Thanks to their stupidity, we can be in the position of becoming an economic power......... We can also build facilities in our eastern region, without having to give money to Timor Leste... Mr. Habibie is really a genius, He not only made Australia a scapegoat and blamed, but he also killed the future of Timor Leste indirectly........ Luckily Timor Leste is not too smart to realize that........ 😆

[@raafisyahyusuf3892]

Itu pun juga urusan orang Timor Leste bukan urusanmu, Timor Leste itu negara berdaulat dan berhak melakukan apapun, tanpa kalian intervensi

[@rofidnurramadhan330]

That is correct those brave pro Indonesian militia even they failed preventing Timor Leste from independent but they manage to successfully destroy 80% of Timor Leste infrastructure and stop or prevent us and their allies to stabilize the country

[@MoskusMoskiferus1611]

​@@rofidnurramadhan330. They are cowards.

[@MoskusMoskiferus1611]

​@@rofidnurramadhan330. Timor Leste is already an Independence Country, Indonesia invaded it only because it has a different politics, and those Terrorist are doing nothing better other than commiting a crime against humanity.

[@sayfolman7752]

Yet Pay 6.5 Billion Guilder To Dutch To Recognise Indonesia Independent, Why Pay If Indonesia Winning The War Against Dutch

[@cebugrabfood9628]

what to this?...why they invade timor?

[@AR-bh3mn]

USA is Traitors

[@MoskusMoskiferus1611]

​@@AR-bh3mn. Blame Soeharto, US only supports the action and not the one who starts it.