# The situation in East Timor

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-situation-in-east-timor/147725
**Category:** Great Debates
**Created:** [January 10, 2003, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-situation-in-east-timor/147725 "2003-01-10T13:13:30Z")
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### Author: ![royjwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@royjwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/royjwood)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-situation-in-east-timor/147725/21 "2003-01-14T14:16:04Z")

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Ooops,

I should probably clarify that the UN still has a relatively large Police and Military presence and of course a very large group of administrative and support personnel. Around 5,000 people.

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