Australian military forces are taking a leaf out of the America’s book on how to win hearts and minds.
The leader of East Timor’s largest political party has denounced the Australian troops occupying his country, saying ‘they had better go home because they are not neutral’.
Mari Alkatiri, the Secretary of the Fretilin party, made his call after Australian troops waded into an anti-government protest held in a village near the East Timorese capital Dili yesterday. The Aussies provoked fury by ripping down two Fretilin flags and wiping their backsides with them…