Bill GreenFOLLOW THE MONEY TO DISCOVER WHO WANTED PRESIDENT JOSE RAMOS HORTA DEAD
August 20th 2008 03:32
East Timor observers must follow the money to discover who's behind the attempt to kill East Timor's president, Jose Ramos Horta. That is always the first move by investigative reporters beginning an investigation.
Horta has testified that it was not Reinaldo or any of his men who shot him. But if the President had died, rather than Alfredo Reinaldo, Alfredo would have been prosecuted for the murder - he had mistakenly believed he had been summoned to the President's residence at the time of the shooting.
Reinaldo and several of his men were shot dead at close range inside the president's house compound. This led to an educated guess that they were executed by others.
The head of the Social Democrat Party said, "We can't put aside the possibility that Alfredo was set up."
Timorese were led to believe that a follower of Reinaldo was the man who shot Horta. The president realised it was not Marcelo Caetano, a Reinaldo follower at Horta's house, when he met him in Dili months after the attack. Marcelo would have made a great scapegoat.
Who would have benefited from the President's death? Would it be those who have historically attempted to deprive East Timor of its vast oil stocks (there is a temporary deal in place but deals can always be renegotiated, especially if the chief financial strategist is dead)? So, who wanted the oil? Who went along with the invasion of East Timor, over the oil? Who allowed the Indonesians to get away with over 200,000 murders in East Timor? Who kept silent about the murders for over twenty years? Who signed oil deals prematurely? It was Indonesia, Australia and America.
Remember it was Australia (Downer) who delayed the UN backed saving of East Timor by Australian troops, and in that short time hundreds of dissidents were murdered and all the infrastructure destroyed. That was a move that was essential, we thought, to have East Timor to quickly sign an oil deal.
Why do we have silence from prime minister, Xanana Gusmao? Well, he's taking time off to bask in his hero status. Hubris has descended on him? Afterall he was a true hero.
Horta has testified that it was not Reinaldo or any of his men who shot him. But if the President had died, rather than Alfredo Reinaldo, Alfredo would have been prosecuted for the murder - he had mistakenly believed he had been summoned to the President's residence at the time of the shooting.
Reinaldo and several of his men were shot dead at close range inside the president's house compound. This led to an educated guess that they were executed by others.
The head of the Social Democrat Party said, "We can't put aside the possibility that Alfredo was set up."
Timorese were led to believe that a follower of Reinaldo was the man who shot Horta. The president realised it was not Marcelo Caetano, a Reinaldo follower at Horta's house, when he met him in Dili months after the attack. Marcelo would have made a great scapegoat.
Who would have benefited from the President's death? Would it be those who have historically attempted to deprive East Timor of its vast oil stocks (there is a temporary deal in place but deals can always be renegotiated, especially if the chief financial strategist is dead)? So, who wanted the oil? Who went along with the invasion of East Timor, over the oil? Who allowed the Indonesians to get away with over 200,000 murders in East Timor? Who kept silent about the murders for over twenty years? Who signed oil deals prematurely? It was Indonesia, Australia and America.
Remember it was Australia (Downer) who delayed the UN backed saving of East Timor by Australian troops, and in that short time hundreds of dissidents were murdered and all the infrastructure destroyed. That was a move that was essential, we thought, to have East Timor to quickly sign an oil deal.
Why do we have silence from prime minister, Xanana Gusmao? Well, he's taking time off to bask in his hero status. Hubris has descended on him? Afterall he was a true hero.
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