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2003-12-05 Southeast Asia

Fears that Papua could become a new Timor

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Posted by Paul Moloney 2003-12-05 12:02:03 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Most of the tribes in West New Guinea are related to tribes in the rest of New Guinea, which is the independent state of Papua New Guinea, a former British colony. West New Guinea is a former Dutch Colony forcefully annexed to Indonesia by military conquest in 1961. Most of the inhabitants, other than those that have emigrated to West New Guinea, have no loyalties to Indonesia. The natives there are still head-hunters, so the plot could become quite deadly if carried to extremes. I would NOT want to be some Jakarta punk hanging around the edge of the dense jungle if things go south.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-12-5 1:13:29 AM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-12-5 1:13:29 AM|| Front Page Top

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