The unexpected move started yesterday, as confusion arose over when foreign troops would arrive.
INDONESIAN troops began an unexpected early pullout from East
President Habibie's decision to allow international peacekeepers in East Timor arouses nationalist sentiments.
PRESIDENT B.J. Habibie's decision to allow foreign troops into trouble-torn
HIGH STAKES
Weeks after a resounding vote for independence, East Timor has become a battlefield, not just between pro-Jakarta and pro-independence forces, but
PRO-JAKARTA militias, working openly with the Indonesian military, are forcibly moving thousands of people out of East Timor, where anarchy has intensified