Want to buy a second hand war?
Want to buy the war in Iraq?
We went there for oil, made Iraqi blood boil
now we're asking what for
and wondering how we ever get back.
The profits have gone and hope is forlorn
it's preloved, it's used and we
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Declaring that there 聯is the distinct possibility of casualties and that should be understood and prepared for by the Australian public聰, PM John Howard announced on April 10 that an Australian military task force spearheaded by 300 Special Air Services troops would be deployed to Afghanistan聮s south-central Oruzgan province.
The 19th Arab League (AL) summit, held in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh on March 28-29, voted to re-affirm support for the 聯Arab peace initiative聰 proposed by Saudi Arabia聮s King Abdullah five years ago.
More than 50 people protested on April 12 against the Australian government鈥檚 decision to send 300 extra troops to Afghanistan. The speakout was called at short notice by the Stop the War Coalition. Activists pointed out that the wars against Iraq and Afghanistan are part of the same 鈥渨ar on terror鈥, are both motivated by lies, and are both wars of occupation in which innocent people are being killed for US corporate interests.
Work Choices
The first anniversary of Work Choices is marked by another employer exploiting the Howard government's feudal IR laws to reduce workers' pay and conditions
National retail chain Darrell Lea Chocolate Shops expects its 1509 casual
Preliminary arguments have started in the retrial of Jack Thomas at the Supreme Court. The case demonstrates that the Howard government鈥檚 鈥渁nti-terror鈥 laws can be used to criminalise non-terrorists.
In Papua New Guinea, 97% customary land ownership by the Indigenous people is recognised by the constitution. However, a powerful coalition is seeking to overturn this.
At a forum hosted by AidWatch and supported by the Research Initiative on International Activism UTS, Sylvia Mulung and Howard Sindana, community organisers from the Bismarck Ramu Group in Madang province, explained the struggle being organised against the privatisation of land.
According to a report by the Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens Rights, between September 2000 (the beginning of the Al Aqsa Intifada) and July 2006, 68 pregnant women were forced to give birth at Israeli checkpoints in the Occupied Territories after Israeli soldiers barred them from crossing the road blocks to access hospitals and medical centres. Thirty-four infants and four pregnant women died at these checkpoints.
Last week, right-wing Sydney Radio 2GB 聯shock jock聰 Alan Jones was let off with a ticking-off from Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) for inciting on air the infamous anti-Lebanese bashing spree in Cronulla in 2005.
While the Howard government has succeeded in partially defusing David Hicks鈥檚 unjust imprisonment as an election issue, it has still not convinced most people that Hicks鈥檚 guilty plea means he is a terrorist.
Supporters of the Venezuelan and Cuban revolutions assembled on April 11 at the Iberoamerican square to commemorate the failure of the April 2002 US-backed coup against the government of Venezuela鈥檚 socialist president, Hugo Chavez.
鈥淭here is no future for oil-dependent agriculture鈥, well-known Columban priest and Philippines-based anti-GMO campaigner Brian Gore told the WA launch of Say No to GMO (genetically modified organisms) on April 5.
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