Falintil
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The Armed Forces for the National Liberation of East Timor originally began as the military wing of the Fretilin party of East Timor. It was established on 20 August 1975 in response to Fretilin's pol
Falintil veterans in East Timor, 2005
Former resistance fighter and Prime Minister of East Timor Xanana Gusmão in 2006 with Condoleezza Rice
East Timorese civil war
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In August 1975, a civil war broke out between two opposing political parties in Portuguese Timor: the conservative Timorese Democratic Union and the left-leaning Revolutionary Front for an Independent
Falintil
…Timor-Leste, Falintil) originally began as the military wing of the Fretilin party of East Timor. It was established on 20 August 1975 in response to Fretilin's political conflict with the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT). Falintil gained most of its initial military units when most of the former Portuguese garrison forces in the…
East Timor shares the island of Timor with Indonesia. The island lies to the northwest of Australia, in particular the city of Darwin.
José Ramos-Horta in 1976
The Banco Nacional Ultramarino building in Dili
Indonesian forces in Batugade in November 1975 with a captured Portuguese flag