East Timor: Genocide in Paradise
By Matthew Jardine
Introduction by Noam Chomsky
I was in high school when the war started. I had no political ties, didn't belong to any party. My friends and I were forced to join the Indonesian army. None of us wanted to, but if we didn't, we would have been killed.
I went on operations to kill other Timorese, ordinary people. I felt strangenone of us felt good. But after two or three years, it was easy. You get used to killing.
I was forced to kill my best friend. I don't want to talk about it; I don't feel good when I think about it. They knew he was my friend so they forced me to shoot him. They do these things to test you.