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
activeIn East Timor
linked to: Timor-Leste
alignedWith pro-independence East Timorese parties
associatedWith Fretilin
conflict Indonesian occupation of East Timor
country East Timor
linked to: Timor-Leste
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
linked to: Timor-Leste
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
linked to: French Resistance
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 Gusmão memberOf Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor
subject linked to: Xanana
linked to: FALINTIL
Commander-in-Chief of FALINTIL roleIn East Timorese resistance movement
linked to: FALINTIL
Commander-in-Chief of FALINTIL positionHeldIn East Timorese resistance armed forces
linked to: FALINTIL
FALINTIL abbreviation FALINTIL
National Council of Timorese Resistance hasPart Falintil
linked to: FALINTIL
National Council of Timorese Resistance armedWing Falintil
linked to: FALINTIL
East Timorese War of Independence significantOrganization Falintil
linked to: FALINTIL
Fretilin armedWing Falintil
linked to: FALINTIL
Konis Santana militaryBranch FALINTIL
Timor-Leste Defence Force predecessor Falintil
linked to: FALINTIL
Indonesian occupation of East Timor mainOpposingForce Falintil
linked to: FALINTIL