Click Here For East Timor: Media Turned Their Backs on Genocide

East Timor: Media Turned Their Backs on Genocide: "Imagine that a small country is invaded in 1975 by a powerful neighbor well over 100 times its size, a major recipient of U.S. military and economic aid. About one-third of the population- -- over 200,000 -- people die as a result of the invasion, politically created starvation, and the ongoing occupation. Despite the atrocities and numerous U.N. resolutions condemning the invasion and occupation, the U.S., Japan and a number of Western European countries continue to provide the invader with about $5 billion in an- nual economic assistance. "