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Discusses how the government of Australia worked to support Indonesia's occupation of East Timor, exposing policies that supported the Indonesian military regime and prevented a ballot of independence before the pressure of activists and the public forced the Howard government to send a peacekeeping force to reluctantly help East Timor.

Tells the story of the genocide that occurred in East Timor after the half-island was invaded by Indonesia in 1975, and the violence that erupted again in 1999 when the population voted for independence from Indonesia, assesses the politics and history behind the events, and argues that armed intervention supported by the U.S., Australia, and the United Kingdom was the key to averting a second genocide in 1999.

Journalist Tracy Dahlby chronicles the history of the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah, describing the Indonesia-based group's efforts to create a pure Islamic super-state in Southeast Asia.