After a small-scale civil war , the pro-independence Fretilin declared Expressing_publicly victory in the capital city of Dili and declared Expressing_publicly an independent East Timor on 28 November 1975 .

During the first months of the occupation , the Indonesian military faced Confronting_problem heavy insurgency resistance in the mountainous interior of the island , but from 1977–1978 , the military procured Getting new advanced Cause_to_make_progress weaponry Bearing_arms from the United States , Israel , and other countries , to destroy Destroying Fretilin 's framework .