FALINTIL

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FALINTIL was the armed resistance wing of the East Timorese independence movement that fought against Indonesian occupation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed resistance movement
guerrilla organization
abbreviation FALINTIL self-link
activeIn Timor-Leste
surface form: East Timor
alignedWith pro-independence East Timorese parties
associatedWith Fretilin
conflict East Timorese War of Independence
surface form: Indonesian occupation of East Timor
country Timor-Leste
surface form: East Timor
countryAfterIndependence Timor-Leste
demobilizationContext post-independence security sector reform in Timor-Leste
foughtAgainst Indonesian National Armed Forces
surface form: Indonesian Armed Forces

Indonesian occupation forces
foundedBy National Council of Timorese Resistance
surface form: Fretilin leaders

Nicolau dos Reis Lobato
fullName National Council of Timorese Resistance
surface form: Forças Armadas de Libertação Nacional de Timor-Leste
goal independence of East Timor
ideology East Timorese nationalism
languageOfName Portuguese
legacy foundation of Timor-Leste’s national armed forces
location Timor-Leste
surface form: East Timor
movementType anti-occupation movement
national liberation army
notableCommander Nicolau dos Reis Lobato
Taur Matan Ruak
Xanana Gusmão
notableEvent armed resistance during Indonesian occupation of East Timor
operationalEnvironment mountainous terrain of East Timor
rural areas of East Timor
operationalPeriod Indonesian occupation era
opposedPoliticalStatus integration of East Timor into Indonesia
opposedTo Indonesia
partOf National Council of Timorese Resistance
surface form: East Timorese resistance movement
recognizedAs national liberation movement
French Resistance
surface form: resistance army
role armed wing of the East Timorese independence movement
status demobilized
successor Timor-Leste Defence Force
supportedPoliticalStatus self-determination for East Timor
symbolOf East Timorese resistance
transformedInto Timor-Leste Defence Force
usedStrategy hit-and-run attacks
politico-military resistance
usedTactics guerrilla warfare

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Xanana Gusmão leaderOf FALINTIL
Xanana memberOf FALINTIL
subject surface form: Xanana Gusmão
this entity surface form: Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor
Commander-in-Chief of FALINTIL roleIn FALINTIL
this entity surface form: East Timorese resistance movement
Commander-in-Chief of FALINTIL positionHeldIn FALINTIL
this entity surface form: East Timorese resistance armed forces
FALINTIL abbreviation FALINTIL self-link
National Council of Timorese Resistance hasPart FALINTIL
this entity surface form: Falintil
National Council of Timorese Resistance armedWing FALINTIL
this entity surface form: Falintil
East Timorese War of Independence significantOrganization FALINTIL
this entity surface form: Falintil
Fretilin armedWing FALINTIL
this entity surface form: Falintil
Konis Santana militaryBranch FALINTIL
Timor-Leste Defence Force predecessor FALINTIL
this entity surface form: Falintil
Indonesian occupation of East Timor mainOpposingForce FALINTIL
this entity surface form: Falintil