30 May 2006

East Timor: Wheels Within Wheels
Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, India
Supplied note: "The latest paper of the Institute For Topical Studies, A-2/3, Bharathi Dasan Colony, K.K.Nagar, Chennai---600078, India, on the above subject is now available at the web site of the South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG), New Delhi, at [the URL below] - br."
Extract: "15. Australia, the US and other Western countries and their oil companies have not been happy with him [i.e. the East Timor's Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri - ed.] and want to have him eased out. That is why, those to the left of the political spectrum suspect that the revolt must have been instigated by the Australians themselves in order to facilitate the return of their armed forces to East Timor and have him removed. 16. They also look with suspicion on the role of the President's Australian born wife, Kirsty Sword, who has emerged as the power behind the [Xanana Gusmao's - ed.] throne. - b. raman."
[The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers19/paper1820.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the paper was not archived at the time of this abstract. However, in a few weeks time it will be available at web.archive.org/web/*/www.saag.org]
Link reported by: B. Raman (corde--at--vsnl.com)
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