Liam O'Mara IV, PhDNov 12
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1991, at least 250 #EastTimorese independence activists were gunned down by the #Indonesian military at a cemetery in #Dili. The #SantaCruzMassacre is a part of the #EastTimorGenocide, a lengthy series of atrocities committed in #TimorLeste by #Indonesia.
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> “According to neutral observers,” .. “some ten thousand #EastTimorese, including many civilians, were killed by the Indonesian forces...” In fact, “neutral observers”—Dunn for example.. are.. not “neutral” but pro-Indonesian or anti-FRETILIN—have consistently given figures in the range of 50-100,000.. only the U.S. State Department has offered estimates of “some ten thousand” killed. 🧵