Is there a hidden agenda?

Timor Leste President Ramos Horta would not step down as what the Australian media reported recently. All his life, he had campaigned and struggled for the independence of his country. Although very sensitive, and sometimes emotional, Horta proved himself to be a strong person. Indeed, he was very lucky to have escaped death during an assassination attempt outside his residence in Dili. Following his discharge from hospital, he described the last moments before the shooting took place and the role of the Australian-led UN soldiers stationed in Timor Leste. He saw it was one of Maj. Reinado’s men who shot him. Until now, Maj. Reinado’s men’s whereabouts are still unknown (an Indonesian TV journalist knows where they are). And there is still a lingering question why the Australian soldiers had not acted. Horta was told that United Nations police had obstructed people trying to rescue him as he lay bleeding for 30 minutes near the front gate of his house in Dili on February 11. The Australian-led forces could have promptly surrounded the entire town closing all the exits, using helicopters and captured the attackers within hours. But all that didn’t happen. Meanwhile, defying accusations, Australian Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon said that they would only act at the request of the Timor Leste government or the United Nations (even an assassination attempt on a Nobel laureate?). The question is what are they doing in Timor Leste if they can’t provide security? Is there an Australian hidden agenda in Timor Leste?