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This article devotes little exploration of the actual invasion, but rather spends most of its time discussing western and UN involvement in some depth. Should there not be more on the actual military aspets and before that the background to the invasion? --Merbabu 13:36, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
The figures for Indonesian casualties are way exaggerated. The real source, "Indonesian Casualties in East Timor" by Gerry van Klinken, shows only 2000 Indonesian soldiers and pro-Indonesian militiamen died in East Timor from 1975-1999 from all causes, far below the 10000 figure mentioned in the article.
Don't really see why Chomsky's reaction deserves to be in the lede; I'm going to see if it fits somewhere else in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.65.162.199 (talk) 21:27, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
There is no discussion of motivation. The Indonesians claimed to be suppressing communism -but what are some of the other motivations? ie. Does east Timor have natural resources or are there some religious concerns (Indonesia being primarily Muslim and East Timor being Christian).
PRC tried to support the FRETILIN, but Australian navy blocked any ships to East Timor. But FRETILIN was only a melting pot of different, mainly left oriented politicians. "Suppress comunism" was maybe the reason for Australia and USA to support Indonesia, but not for Indonesia. Their reason was simpley to conquer the whole Malayan archipelo. It was the same in Southern Molucces, West Papua and conflicts with Malaysia. References (in English) are available at German de:Geschichte Osttimors. Greetings, --J. Patrick Fischer (talk) 07:02, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
I'd like to rename this article "Indonesian occupation of East Timor". The UN condemned the invasion; very few governments (I know of only Australia) recognized the "annexation"; and naming it "occupation" would allow for a more comprehensive review of the 1975–1999 period of time. Thoughts? – Scartol • Tok 23:17, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
I removed a large section of rambling, possibly WP:OR from East Timor. Apart from POV, style and referencing issues, it's simply too long for that country summary article. Diff is [1]. Perhaps some of this info can be used - and some not - but must be scrupulously referenced due to the contentious nature of the topic. regards --Merbabu (talk) 09:34, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
Hello - I've been doing some extensive research on the invasion of East Timor by Indonesia over the past few months and the article seems pretty accurate in comparison to the scholarly works out there. Over the next few days, I will be doing some editing and cleaning up - Please do not be alarmed! I am a new Wikipedia user so you may find some of my adjustments unorthodox - please excuse me! Thank you. IR393DEME (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:24, 21 December 2010 (UTC).
Don't panic: it is not your responsibility to make the article perfect, just do the best you can. The cite needed tag just alerts all editors that a citation is missing. Maybe someone will find a citation tomorrow or next week or next year. There is no time limit in Wikipedia. The cite needed tag also alerts the reader that some information is not verified yet (or might, indeed, be wrong). The original author may fix it, or they might never be back, and someone else will eventually fix it. Theoretically, after an infinite amount of time, Wikipedia will be perfect. -- Ssilvers (talk) 08:07, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
I believe that the British (British Aerospace / BAE Systems) also sold arms to Indonesia, such as Hawk aircraft, used in the invasion. Could anyone add a section, like those for the US and Australia? 202.231.41.1 (talk) 13:53, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
Could somebody please point out to me what the problem is with my additions to the infofox (support of Indonesia by the US, Australia and Britain). If the issue in question is sources, then I can easily provide some on request, but it seems to me that the only argument against my contribution was that these countries did not "directly participate in the invasion". As I explained multiple times in my edit summaries, "supported by" does not mean direct participation. If they had participated directly they would not be entered under the sub-heading of "supported by". For example the Vietnam war article contains entries for the Republic of China and the Spanish state under the Anti-Communist side, but as they did not directly participate in combat they are listed under "supported by". The Portuguese Colonial war article is another good example of this. I am keen to hear from anyone who can shed light on this issue. Mr A (talk) 16:09, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
You're not listening to what I'm saying. I'll repeat it again, "supported by" means these parties provided support, it does not mean they sent their own military forces to directly participate, see the Portuguese colonial war page as an example. On that page there are a great many countries listed under the African independence movements as "supported by" because they supported them but did not directly fight with them. How on Earth is this "inappropriate use of the infobox"? Kindly give me a reason other than that about not directly which I have addressed umpteen times. Mr A (talk) 12:08, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
But you're not making any sense. What do you mean how it will be read? If people can't read the words "supported by" that's their problem. And there's nothing unusual about supported by, it's not inappropriate use of an infobox. For god's sake just look at the Portuguese Colonial War and countless other pages containing the sub-heading "supported by" in the infobox. It is standard practice for infoboxes and I do not understand the problem people on this page seem to have with it. Mr A (talk) 17:16, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
I don't know, how these "support"-think started up in en-Wikipedia, but it is ridiculous. Where starts support and where ends it? Does Germany supported Indonesia, because they didn't protested against Suharto while his visit in Germany 1995? Where weapons sold mainly for the use in Timor or where they sold generally to Indonesia to support the country? Is the acceotance by Kissinger for the invasion support? That is all very unclear. I wouldn't mention such support. But if you mention it, you have to list the PR China at side of FRETILIN, because China tried to give weapons to FALINTIL between 1975 and 1978, but didn't succeeded, because Indonesian and Australian navy blocked any ships trying to reach East Timor. Check "Loro Horta: „Timor-Leste - The Dragon’s Newest Friend“, 2009" and German artice de:Geschichte Osttimors. Greetings, --J. Patrick Fischer (talk) 13:55, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
Hello J. Patrick Fischer. I think we can assume that "supported by" means something along the lines of either giving overt political backing or sending supplies, military or otherwise, but not actually participating in a traditional military sense. In other words, Germany not protesting against the invasion would not constitute support. But for example, on the Vietnam War page, the Republic of China is listed on the anti-communist side, but because they only sent military supplies to the Saigon regime, they are listed under "supported by". Incidentally I totally agree with your suggestion of adding China under a "supported by" entry for FRETILIN, perhaps with a footnote to explain about their interception, and the fact is that the "supported by" sub-heading is common pratice on military conflict articles on wikipedia, so I can't quite work out what makes this page any different. Mr A (talk) 16:53, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
This edit may be it for Horhey. He's been given his "last warning" already. His restoration of this removed, copied and pasted material, after being told that it violated copyright (coupled with his edit warring and failure to discuss his differences on the talk page) could result in him being banned. I intend to report it to an admin as soon as I get a chance.TheTimesAreAChanging (talk) 04:13, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
You removed my content on the grounds that my paraphrasing was "commentary" when it was supported by the source. Then when the wording is more similar to the article I get "copyright violations" when I made sure the wording was not "copy and paste." I am being censored.--Horhey420 (talk) 04:20, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
If any of the material this editor added is still in the article, I'd appreciate it if editors could remove it - it can be safely assumed to have been a copyright violation. Nick-D (talk) 04:38, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
There have been frequent edits to this article by IP editors adding countries such as the US and the UK under "supported by" in the infobox for the Indonesian side, and Portugal for the East Timorese side. However these countries played no military part in the invasion. They may well have provided political support (particularly the US), but that does not qualify for inclusion in the infobox. If is did, surely every ASEAN nation would be in there, and perhaps Australia could be included in the "supported by" category for the East Timor side as the invading Indonesians killed five journalists covering the story. I will keep reverting this every time it gets changed, but would welcome any thoughts from anybody on this issue. Davidelit (Talk) 03:38, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
The infobox claims that the "UDT" fought as an East Timor "dissident" on the side of Indonesia, but this seems very wrong according to the UDT article. That one explains that until January 1975 they were actually direct allies of FRETLIN, but that this weakened due to foreign pressure and intimidation. They were the ones to carry out a coup against Portugal, yes, but then afterwards they fled West and were forced by the Indonesians to sign their petition. I see no reason to say UDT was on the Indonesian side. 188.207.91.211 (talk) 17:23, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
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The Netherland did not support the invasion of Timor and Minister Pronk of the Netherlands was excused in 1992 when he critizided the Indonesian government which led to a diplomatic problem between two nations.
https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/indonesie-duldt-geen-enkele-herdenking-bloedbad-oost-timor~b04cb739/
--Orange2000 (talk) 10:47, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
It was listed that Prabowo Subianto was among invasion commander. This is wrong because Prabowo Subianto did not involved in the invasion (1975), but rather he was chosen as commander of Group 1 Special Forces in East Timor on 1976 after the invasion was completed. So Prabowo Subianto's leadership was to retain Indonesia's occupancy in East Timor instead of during the invasion itself. 149.113.219.233 (talk) 00:04, 21 September 2022 (UTC)