The continuing silence on 4 Squadron SASR operations in East Africa
Why is no-one asking questions about Australian special forces soldiers operating secretly and apparently illegally in Africa? A year and a half ago, in March 2012, Fairfax…
Why is no-one asking questions about Australian special forces soldiers operating secretly and apparently illegally in Africa? A year and a half ago, in March 2012, Fairfax…
CANBERRA – The by-now defused crisis of threatened U.S.-led military strikes on Syria raised once again the difficult question of how Washington’s allies should deal with U.S.…
Below is the text of an open letter to the Prime Minister-elect, the Hon. Tony Abbott MP, signed by me and a number of distinguished Australians…
CANBERRA – For a U.S. president who first gained prominence for his gift with words, Barack Obama can be remarkably loose with his language no matter how…
THE HAGUE – A week has proven to be a long time in international politics. On Aug. 26, arriving in Europe, NATO military strikes on Syria seemed…
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/29/commentary/once-again-u-s-rushing-to-attack-without-facts/#.UiA2yWSSA7Q Ramesh Thakur, “Once again, U.S. rushing to attack without facts” The Japan Times, Friday, 30 August 2013 CANBERRA – You could not make this up. On…
The following letter by Dr Sue Wareham, Vice-President, Medical Association for Prevention of War (MAPW), and Secretary, Campaign for an Iraq War Inquiry, was published in The…
The Campaign for an Iraq War Inquiry said today that any use of chemical weapons, in Syria or elsewhere, is totally unacceptable. Allegations of their recent…
Contribution by CIWI member NAJ Taylor Allegations that chemical weapons have been deployed against civilians in Syria are troublesome and, if true, are abhorrent. But what…
In Feelings of déjà vu I noted that we were once again in a position where the US is poised to undertake a military strike without awaiting the…