[Bearman]

I remember the East Timor situation. I was in Darwin when the evacuation of the UN compound in Dili was going down. I was there as part of a team to help the refugees and UN staff once they reached Darwin.

The refugees were mostly groups of women and children. The men had either been executed or headed for the hills, the women did not know where their men were. The refugees were in pretty poor condition but some of those UN staff came back seriously unhinged, they had seen some really bad things go down and witnessed Indonesian atrocities.

The East Timorese voted for independence and the Indonesians didn't like the result.