Timor-Leste: A state of insecurity

The Dili government has a golden, if finite, opportunity to address major security problems - and in doing so, demonstrate that Alfredo Reinado is but a distraction from the real tasks facing Timor-Leste. The international security presence - of 1,480 UN police officers and about 1,000 troops under the Australian-led ISF - gives the government in Dili the breathing-space it needs to clarify the respective roles of the Timorese army and police