All Friends Now ?

A great day for restorative justice; presumably modelled along the lines of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the Indonesian Commission has established the "Truth and Friendship Commission" to look into human rights abuses in East Timor during it struggle for independence from Jakarta.

Or to give the panel its full name, the "Oh shit we'd better look like we're doing something or the UN will shaft us with an independent criminal tribunal Commission".

Best of all alongside the usual motley crew of lawyers and human rights experts, BBC News reports that the panels will also consist of "retired army officers".

You couldn't make it up could you ?