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East Timor... Women with weapons... Very dangerous combi.

Dili (East Timor): women soldiers during the Independence Restoration Day´s commemoration (May 20th)

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 Two East Timorese women tortured by alleged Indonesian forces

Photos showing two East Timorese

women being tortured, raped and killed by alleged Indonesian soldiers
were made available on the internet by a pro-Timorese
organisation and published by Darwin-based newspaper
« The AustralAsia ».

The paper said the photos had been taken by Indonesian soldiers and
secretly headed by one of them to members of the East Timorese
resistance.

Women sell vegetables on a sidewalk in Dili, Timor-Leste (East Timor)

Girls lead the way forward for equality

East Timorese refugees return in 1999

Falintil Commander Cornelio Gama, with some of his guerrilla force.

Falintil meaning: 'National Army Front for East Timor Liberation'.

The red berets are worn on special occasions and only by soldiers who are veterans of the conflict.

East Timor, March 1999.

Copyright:Vince Bevan

Antonio Dasiparu/EPA

East Timorese police officers take part in a drill to mark the 14th Anniversary of Timor-Leste National Police in Dili, East Timor, also known as Timor Leste.