Falintil (or FALINTIL) originally began as the military wing of the Fretilin political party of East Timor. It was established on the 20 August 1975 as a response to FRETILIN’s conflicting political interests with the Democratic Union for Timor-Leste (UDT). The name FALINTIL is an acronym of its full name in Portuguese, Forças Armadas da Libertação Nacional de Timor-Leste. In English this translates as 'The Armed Forces for the National Liberation of East Timor'. Indonesian… (More on Falintil)