Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 17, 1996
By Stephen Zunes [source]
Despite Nobel Peace Prize, US is more concerned with arms sales.
The muted reaction of Clinton administration officials to the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to two human rights activists from East Timor is not simply due to the seeming obscurity of that small Southeast Asian nation. No choice could have been more embarrassing for the United States government. The brutal Indonesian occupation of East Timor has cost an estimated 200,000 lives, nearly one-third of the population. And the United States has helped make it all possible…