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AWB knew of Iraq invasion; contradicts Howard

admin /23 November, 2006

Flugge knew invasion plans 
by Marian Wilkinson
November 23, 2006

ONE year before the invasion of Iraq, Australia’s then ambassador to the United Nations, John Dauth, confidentially told AWB’s former chairman, Trevor Flugge, that the Howard Government would participate in military action with the US to overthrow Saddam Hussein, new AWB documents reveal.

Details of the extraordinary conversation undercut previous statements by the Prime Minister that Australia had not agreed to join the war in Iraq before the UN debate in late 2002 and early 2003.

The conversation between Mr Dauth and Mr Flugge took place in early 2002 – 13 months before the war – and the details are contained in confidential AWB board minutes that were released without fanfare yesterday by the Cole inquiry.

France threatens to tax imports from non-Kyoto countries

admin /20 November, 2006

France has threatened to tax imports from countries that have not signed the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions, reported The Sydney Morning Herald (15 November 2006 p4).

France's PM Wants EU to throw its weight around: Prime Minister, Dominique de Villepin, told a meeting on sustainable development on 14 November: “Europe has to use all its weight to stand up to this sort of environmental dumping."

Proposes carbon duty: He continued: “I would like us to study now with our European partners the principle of a carbon tax on the import of industrial products from countries which refuse to commit themselves to the Kyoto Protocol after 2012."

Aust trade at risk: Australian exports to France were worth $781 million in 2004, making it the nation’s 23rd largest trading partner. Major exports include coal, iron ore and uranium.

 

Falling In Line On Israel

admin /20 November, 2006

By Stephen Zunes November 15, 2006 http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/11/15/falling_in_line_on_israel.php The election of a Democratic majority in the House and Senate is unlikely to result in any serious challenge to the Bush administration’s support for Israeli attacks against the civilian populations of its Arab neighbors and the Israeli government’s ongoing violations of international humanitarian law. The principal Democratic Continue Reading →

Antarctic winds bring snowfall across Vic

admin /18 November, 2006

Antarctic winds produced snow across Victoria at levels as low as 400 metres on 16 November 2006, just two weeks before the official start of summer, reported The Age, (16/11/2006, p.5).

White blanket all over the state: The snow hit the ground at Ballarat, Mount Macedon, Sovereign Hill, Mount Buninyong, the Dandenongs, Lorne, the Grampians and the Strzelecki Ranges.

As thick as 28cm in some places: In the alpine regions, as much as 28 centimetres of snow had ski resorts cringing – it was six weeks out of the ski season’s official end.

Capital drops down to 7.4 degrees: Melbourne recorded a maximum of 13.1 degrees and hit a low of 7.4 degrees before noon. The lowest recorded maximum temperature for November was 11 degrees in 1913.

Cold front over Melbourne

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Israel Lobby Says Pentagon ‘Infiltrated’

admin /14 November, 2006

Michael Collins Piper

Hostility to Zionism Seen as ‘Major Threat’
http://tinyurl.com/y4l4zx
A leading voice of the pro-Israel lobby is pushing for an old-style “witchhunt”­under the guise of “homeland security”­to identify (and expel) individuals in the U.S. government and our military who are suspected of being hostile to Israel.
The call for a witch-hunt is based on the outlandish thesis that “Islamo-fascists” and Muslim “jihadist” operatives and, perhaps more particularly, their “sympathizers”­however loosely defined­have infested America’s defense, national security and federal law enforcement community.

We need our own Iraq plan

admin /13 November, 2006

Sign GetUp! petition calling for the announcement of a a clearly defined exit strategy for Australia in Iraq before Parliament adjourns for the year on December 4, 2006.  

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