The indictment of Milosevic is good news. The crimes he and his gang have committed make him a first class war criminal. However, try as he may, he has yet to approach the record set by the Indonesian dictator Suharto.
According to a study commissioned by the Australian Parliament, “at least” 200,000 East Timorese have died as a direct result of the Indonesian invasion and occupation. That is a third of the population or, proportionally, more people than were killed by Pol Pot in Cambodia.
When I travelled through the Matabean mountains of East Timor, beneath endless silhouettes of black crosses etched against the sky, I failed to meet a single family that grieved for fewer than five immediate members.
Now the slaughter that began with the invasion 23 years ago has returned. In the tumultuous aftermath of Suharto’s forced resignation last year, the new regime
— source johnpilger.com | john pilger | 1 Jun 2006