11.   Foreign observers have accused the Indonesian armed forces of using the vigilantes in an effort to derail the vote.

12.   Foreign observers have accused the Indonesian armed forces of using the militia groups in an effort to derail the vote.

13.   Independence activists accuse sections within the Indonesian military of supporting anti-independence militia groups in a campaign to derail the vote.

14.   Independence activists accuse the Indonesian military of supporting anti-independence militias in a campaign to derail the vote.

15.   Opposition parties had hoped to derail the vote by calling for a boycott of the polls.

16.   The resolution was withdrawn when members of the European Union used a parliamentary maneuver to derail a vote.

17.   They accuse the military of supporting and arming anti-independence militias in a campaign to derail the vote by terrorizing civilians and attacking U.N. staff.

18.   While the United Nations is going ahead with the ballot, U.N. and U.S. officials remain deeply concerned that continuing violence could derail the vote.