61.   Clashes between pro-independence guerrillas and Indonesian troops have increased in recent weeks despite revitalized U.N.-sponsored talks between Indonesia and Portugal.

62.   Critics say Indonesian troops have brutally suppressed the independence movement in East Timor.

63.   Crossings by refugees as well as border incursions by Irian Jayan rebels, and sometimes Indonesian troops, have been a problem for Papua New Guinea for many years.

64.   Despite this, small bands of guerrillas have fought a low-key war against Indonesian troops over the decades.

65.   Downer criticized the actions of Indonesian troops.

66.   Downer raised only briefly the issue of East Timor, where Indonesian troops are accused of human rights violations.

67.   Dozens of Indonesian troops fired into the air or simply watched the carnage take place, he said.

68.   Despite the massive destruction before they arrived, skirmishes with militias and Indonesian troops were few.

69.   During the bloodshed, Indonesian troops were reported to have assisted a radical Muslim militia, known as Laskar Jihad, in attacks and massacres in Christian villages.

70.   Earlier Friday, Indonesian troops broke up a demonstration of several hundred people who had blocked a main road near the mine.