Subfew sources of information on what's been happening in the gutted East Timorese capital Dili has been an American reporter, Alan Nairn. But Nairn has just spent more than a day in detention by the Indonesian authorities.

Before he was flown out of East Timor he spoke from inside the military headquarters in Dili to Anthony Balmain of SBS raseems very clear that it's almost ... that it's pretty nightmarish almost everywhere. Alan Nairn, an American journalist who has now been flown out of East Timor. He was speaking there while he was still in detention earlier today to Anthony Balmain of SBS radio.


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