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Scorched Earth Operation
The Scorched Earth Operation refers to events in September 1999 in East Timor. The country had been under Indonesian occupation since 1975, and resistance by Timorese peaked in the later 1990s. A Referendum was held on Timorese independence and was successful. But the Indonesian military and militia rampaged through East Timor destroying vital infrastructure.〔http://etan.org/news/2000a/fromscor.htm〕
==Warnings==
As pro-Indonesian militia leaders warned of a "bloodbath" the Referendum was successful, Indonesian "roving ambassador" Francisco Lopes da Cruz declared: "If people reject autonomy there is the possibility blood will flow in East Timor."〔Both quoted in Nevins, p. 91.〕 One paramilitary leader announced that a "sea of fire" would result in the event of a vote for independence.〔Quoted in Nevins, p. 92.〕 As the date of the vote drew near, reports of anti-independence violence continued to accumulate.〔International Federation for East Timor Observer Project. ("IFET-OP Report #7: Campaign Period Ends in Wave of Pro-Integration Terror" ). 28 August 1999. Retrieved on 17 February 2008.〕
The day of the vote, 30 August 1999, was generally calm and orderly. 98.6 percent of registered voters cast ballots, and on 4 September UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced that 78.5 percent of the votes had been cast for independence.〔Shah, Angilee. ("Records of East Timor: 1999" ). 21 September 2006. Online at the UCLA International Institute. Retrieved on 17 February 2008.〕
Brought up on the "New Order"'s insistence that the East Timorese supported integration, Indonesians were either shocked by, or disbelieved that the East Timorese had voted against being part of Indonesia.
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