Subject: US Bans weapons
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 09:29:45 +0000
From: "East Timor Ireland Solidarity Campaign" <etisc@ireland.supports.tp>
Organization: ETISCREUTERS---WASHINGTON OCT 21st
US BANS USE OF AMERICAN WEAPONS IN EAST TIMOR.
The United states on Wednesday banned the use in East Timor of weapons supplied to
Indonesia and continued a ban on education and training aid to the Indonesian armed
forces.
President Bill Clinton signed the restrictions into law as part of a massive 500
billion catch-all spending bill sent to him by Congress on Wednesady whcih included US
foreign aid programmes.
With this legislation, Washington stated that any weapons sold to Indonesia should not
be used in East Timor.
This could be the most support any Congress has shown for East Timorese rights since
Indonesia first invaded in 1975, the East Timor Action Network said.
The group's Washington representative, Lynn Fredrikson said the action was seen as a
signal to Indonesian Presdient B.J. Habibie and the Indonesian military that the United
States finds the occupation of East Timor unacceptable.
the Indonesian military has been accused of persistant human right sabuses in East
Timor. The United Nations still recognise Portugal as the administrating power of its
former colony.
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