Showing all posts in June 2019

Australian columnist, Glenn Milne, is never one to shirk a government or opposition leak. In fact, he’s best known for channelling Howard government propaganda as his own musings. Today, he writes of the ALP’s supposed antagonism towards Israel. Following recent comments by Labor backbencher Julia Irwin in federal Parliament, “an understandably furious Australian Jewish community…

John Pike, director of the Washington military research group, GlobalSecurity.org: “”How many evil-doers have we sent to their maker using bullets rather than bombs? I don’t know.” The Independent reports: “US forces have fired so many bullets in Iraq and Afghanistan – an estimated 250,000 for every insurgent killed – that American ammunition-makers cannot keep…

Anti-war protests shook America and Britain yesterday – remarkably, today’s Sydney Morning Herald completely ignores the events – but where were the Democrats? Wayne Madsen Report explains: “Very few Democratic members of Congress to appear. Reason: [leading pro-Israel lobbyists] The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), according to Democratic insiders on Capitol Hill, put out…

“U.S. Army troops subjected Iraqi detainees to severe beatings and other torture at a base in central Iraq from 2003 through 2004, often under orders or with the approval of superior officers. “Three U.S. army personnel – two sergeants and a captain – describe routine, severe beatings of prisoners and other cruel and inhumane treatment.…

Robert Fisk’s new book, “The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East” is soon to be released. His newspaper, the Independent, is running extracts this week. First up, his access to the inner sanctum of al-Qaeda.

This appeared in the Washington Post on September 22, page A23: “The Pentagon has no accurate knowledge of the cost of military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan or the fight against terrorism, limiting Congress’s ability to oversee spending, the Government Accountability Office concluded in a report released yesterday.” Let me get this straight. The report found…

“We took up positions of ”˜Straw Widow’ (a disguised ambush). We were told that this ”˜Straw Widow’ was against armed people and against people climbing on our armed vehicles. Our APCs (armed personnel carriers) were cruising 24 hours a day close to buildings (in Jenin), waiting for kids to climb on them and try to…

Tariq Ali writes in the Guardian about the disastrous Iraqi occupation and all-important Iranian connection. Australian journalists, care to ask John Howard about this? No, didn’t think so. You’d much prefer hyping up the “imminent” threat posed by Tehran. Back to Ali: “The argument that withdrawal will lead to civil war is slightly absurd, since…

Sydneysiders, looking for something to do on the evening of Thursday, September 29? Come down to The Salon: Sydney’s Monthly Arts & Debate night gets up close and personal with the USA and the American way of life. The Debate – featuring: NEVILLE MEANEY (Assoc. Professor – 20th Century American History, University of Sydney)JAMES MORROW…

While the Australian media rarely challenges Howard government spin on Iraq – indeed, Iraq is rarely in the news anymore – the city of Basra is experiencing strong dissent against the presence of British forces after the occupiers forcibly raided a prison and freed two SAS soldiers. Who exactly were these two soldiers and what…