Ramos-Horta and a grain of salt - International Imperialism

Ramos-Horta and a grain of salt
by Kingfisher Wednesday, Mar 12 2008, 9:52pm
international / imperialism / opinion/analysis

The announcement fails to mention the president was ALSO ambushed and shot from behind by someone ‘laying in wait’ -- it was that shot that nearly proved fatal!

The president of the INDEPENDENT NATION of Timor-Leste, Jose Ramos-Horta, is clearly aware that he is effectively held captive by Australian medicos/forces, he chooses his words carefully.

What of the forensic report, let’s have some details of the type and calibre of the bullets and the points of entry etc – all these facts are KNOWN – LET’S HEAR IT! Or does Australia have something to hide?

These feeble news releases only satisfy the servile herd of drunken Aussie journalists, who have obviously FORGOTTEN THAT CERTAIN STORIES REQUIRE IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATION AND ANALYSIS.

Ramos-Horta’s real attitude to the Australians can be traced back to Gareth Evans and the Timor Gap Treaty. Australia made it VERY CLEAR at the time that it supported Suharto’s murderous plan for East Timor -- the oil and gas spoils would be divided between Australia and Indonesia – fuck you, East Timor! That was the same Australian government that presided over the incriminating ‘Balibo five’ cover-up for the sake of the oil deal -- have we sobered up enough to remember?

Australia’s sordid attitude extended to the succeeding Liberal government. The new Foreign Minister, Alexander ‘war criminal’ Downer, brazenly attempted to rob the new independent State of Timor-Leste of its resources by re-drawing maritime boundaries to the extent that a child could see the blatant attempted theft – JOSE RAMOS-HORTA IS LABOURING UNDER NO ILLUSIONS REGARDING THE AUSTRALIANS AND THE ALLEGIANCES OF PRIME MINISTER XANANA GUSMAO!

The president wisely ‘treads carefully’ in the circumstances. We all fear for his personal well being; he looked terrible during his press conference -- wounds and ‘recovery’ notwithstanding, we have seen much better recoveries from worse injuries in war zones.

The incriminating facts remain; Australia wanted Reinado dead at all costs. Unfortunately for Ramos-Horta, who was negotiating an amnesty type deal with Reinado, commercial oil interests viewed him as ANTAGONISTIC TO THEIR INTERESTS. Efforts to exploit the oil resources of the tiny nation have been severely hampered by social instability, unrest and the nationalism of 'some' Timorese leaders – how dare they! Surely by now the Timorese should be aware that it is an imperial colony and independent in name only – Kosovo is a perfect example. We can’t have nationalist leaders interfering with our exploitation plans!

In a classic CIA, Latin American type operation a double assassination attempt was botched; Reinado dead and Ramos-Horta left bleeding for half an hour before medical assistance arrived – ridiculous! It would have been very convincing had the plan succeeded! The yanks should have known if you send in the Aussies they are sure to fuck it up – AND THEY DID!

Reinado made monkeys of Australian forces on numerous occasions – the Aussies seem to have forgotten they trained Reinado to remove the previous obstacle to western oil interests, Mari ‘the dreaded communist’ Alkatiri! Reinado knew all the tricks and strategies of Aussie forces and special operations. That is why he never would have allowed himself to be shot in the OPEN so easily – from a military point of view the accounts to date are absurd! We can’t wait for the next ludicrous instalment!

A final word to the disgraceful drunks and sycophants that call themselves reporters and journalists in Australia. You people are a disgrace to your profession. No longer able to report the facts you have become information facilitators, pathetic little errand boys – neither the public or democracy is served by your feeble ‘efforts.’