FALINTIL

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


Statements (43)
Predicate Object
instanceOf armed resistance movement
guerrilla organization
abbreviation FALINTIL
activeIn East Timor
alignedWith pro-independence East Timorese parties
associatedWith Fretilin
conflict Indonesian occupation of East Timor
country East Timor
countryAfterIndependence Timor-Leste
demobilizationContext post-independence security sector reform in Timor-Leste
foughtAgainst Indonesian Armed Forces
Indonesian occupation forces
foundedBy Fretilin leaders
Nicolau dos Reis Lobato
fullName 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 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 East Timorese resistance movement
recognizedAs national liberation movement
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

Referenced by (9)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
FALINTIL
abbreviation
Commander-in-Chief of FALINTIL
appliesToOrganization
National Council of Timorese Resistance ("Falintil")
armedWing
National Council of Timorese Resistance ("Falintil")
hasPart
Xanana Gusmão
leaderOf
Xanana Gusmão ("Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor")
memberOf
Commander-in-Chief of FALINTIL
partOf
Commander-in-Chief of FALINTIL ("East Timorese resistance armed forces")
positionHeldIn
Commander-in-Chief of FALINTIL ("East Timorese resistance movement")
roleIn

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