| Subject: LUSA: Legislature Approves Budget
for First Arms' Purchases
East Timor: Legislature Approves Budget for First Arms' Purchases 4 Mai-14:02 East Timor's transitional legislature Friday approved the first purchase of arms for the territory's fledgling defense and police forces. In an unanimous vote, the National Council approved a dlrs 2.34 million arms budget to buy 1,200 M-16 automatic rifles and other small caliber weapons for the defense force, pistols for the police and equipment for a yet to be created riot police unit. While the arms supplier was not disclosed, the bill stipulates that the purchases be effected by June 30. May Menu Note: For those who would like to fax "the powers that be" - CallCenter is a Native 32-bit Voice Telephony software application integrated with fax and data communications... and it's free of charge! Download from http://www.v3inc.com/ |