Then, pro-Indonesian militias retaliated with a wave of torching and killing, forcing hundreds of thousands of Timorese to flee their homes.
Indonesia invaded within days of the Timorese declaration of independence, and used force to crush popular resistance.
On 19 September a C-130 dropped a Special Air Service Regiment SASS) team near the East Timorese capital of Dili ahead of the arrival of the main INTERFET force the next day.
Some are members of the militia or East Timorese members of the Indonesian military who, along with their families, do not wish to return home, or are afraid to.
"Until we have that, we don't want to be bothered with elections".Sergio Vieira de Mello, the chief of the UN transitional authority in East Timor, is sympathetic about Timorese fears of violence.
The first evidence of mass killings was found and violence was reported in the East Timorese enclave of Oecussi.See article: East Timor is set freeThe Commonwealth said it would suspend Pakistan after the military coup led by General Pervez Musharraf.
One church worker reported five hundred East Timorese dying of starvation every month in one district.
This position was followed closely by the Indonesian media such that an East Timorese acceptance of their integration with Indonesia was taken for granted by, and was a non-issue for, the majority of Indonesians.
Soldiers fled with weapons into the mountains, where they remain a threat to security, leaving many Timorese unsure of what the future holds.
IPL developed a Timorese version of the tool, a simple manual for community volunteers, and a curriculum for training local elected leaders and Promotores Saude Familiar (PSF) (family health promoters, or community health volunteers).
