Today, the International Crisis Group (whatever that is) released a report called “Resolving East Timor’s Crisis”. I will get around to reading it a bit more carefully soon but basically it seems to cover a lot of the issues related to the current problems.<\/p>\n
The report (36 page PDF document and 860kb in size) is available here at crisisgroup.org<\/a><\/p>\n I am not sure where it fits into the big picture as the UN report on the recent troubles is due before the end of October. This is often talked about around town as it is supposed to name names and provide a starting point for prosecution of people who have done the wrong thing (whatever that is).<\/p>\n Some information on this special commission of inquiry is available at reliefweb<\/a><\/p>\n There has been a lot of conjecture about town whether the details of the UN report will cause trouble. At the very least, there will be a lot of squirming but I would assume that all the potentially guilty parties already have a good idea of what to expect. At the same time, I am fairly certain the foreign military and police forces already know the names of those who will be named. So I think there may be a lid on any really bad stuff but one would have to expect some issues coming out of left field somewhere.<\/p>\n I know the day the report is released will be a good day to plan for a nice meal at home and some stiff gin and tonics just to be on the safe side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today, the International Crisis Group (whatever that is) released a report called “Resolving East Timor’s Crisis”. I will get around to reading it a bit more carefully soon but basically it seems to cover a lot of the issues related … Continue reading