Aileu was chosen as a base because Falintil was founded there in the mid-1970s and encamped there before the 1999 vote.

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East Timor may need international peacekeepers for years, and Falintil's 1, 000-plus troops (compared to the PKF's 8, 500) are not about to replace them any time soon.

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Both Gusmao and Jos Ramos-Horta, the CNRT's No. 2 and de facto foreign minister, have reportedly proposed that Falintil troops could be integrated with the U.N.

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