Dawn raids

摘要

Less than a decade after winning its free-dom from Indonesian occupation, Ti-mor-Leste is in a mess. The government's failure to resolve an ugly split in its army in 2006 has come back to haunt it. According to the most plausible account of a confused incident early on February 11th, two carloads of armed rebels pitched up at the home of the president, Jose Ramos-Horta, reportedly intending to kidnap him. In a gunbattle with his guards, two were killed, including their leader, Alfredo Reinado. Mr Ramos-Horta, though warned of the attack, went home from his morning walk, and was shot and badly wounded. Xanana Gusmao, the prime minister, was also ambushed in his car but escaped.