Photo Gallery - Australian troops in East Timor
news.com.au ^ | 28th May 2006

Posted on 05/27/2006 5:53:57 PM PDT by naturalman1975

 
Rapid ... commandos secure Dili airport as the first members of the force touch down

  
Welcome ... East Timorese have been happy to welcome the biggest single Australian military deployment since the 1999 Interfet operation

 
Airlift ... troop transport planes have been used to evacuate Australians from the danger zone

 
Recovery ... troops have brought much-needed medical equipment and supplies with them

 
Welcome ... troops' arrival was enthusiastically welcomed by locals, including this group at Dili airport

  
Commitment ... "It's a big thing to send 1300 troops in. It's a very foolish, short-sighted thing to pull them out before their job is completed," said PM John Howard

  

 

 

 
Troops have been disarming armed youth gangs