State of East Timor

Armored U.N. vehicles guarded East Timor’s leaders Tuesday under a state of emergency declared after rebel soldiers critically wounded the Nobel Peace Prize-winning president and fired at the prime minister’s convoy. AP

At least we know how the U.S. stands on the issue:

If the East Timorians decide to revolt, I’m sure I’ll have a statement.”
— G. W. Bush quoted by Maureen Dowd in the New York Times, June 16, 1999