ANZAC DAY 2011 – This year will mark the 45th anniversary of the first National Serviceman / conscript from the state of Victoria, Australia to be killed in the Vietnam War on 10 June 1966…His name is Leslie Thomas Farren of Reservoir. Read his story. He was killed 19 days short of his 21st Birthday […]
www.cpac.ca/forms/index.asp?dsp=template&act=view3&template_id=1418&hl=e Canadian journalist Scott Taylor’s new doco about the F-35 fighter jet: The Politics of Procurement Canada needs a new fleet of fighter jets to replace the decades’ old CF-18s, but which aircraft at what cost? The government has already decided that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is the only one that can meet the […]
The story TEAM UZUNOV reported 2 years ago, now back in the news… AUSTRALIAN WOMEN IN COMBAT There are those who strongly oppose it. Both sides present strong arguments. Women in combat will probably become a reality more by default than by a political commitment to equal opportunity or grandstanding.http://teamuzunovmedia.blogspot.com/2009/09/australian-women-in-combat.html read on…
Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States of America, 1981-89 Was Reagan’s policy of taking a gun to a gunfight the right one after all? On Line Opinion: Australia’s e-journal of social and political debate. www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=11872&page=0 Was Reagan right? By Sasha Uzunov – posted Thursday, 7 April 2011 As a teenager growing up in […]
MELBOURNE AIRPORT SECURITY CONCERN. Photo by Sasha Uzunov, copyright 2011. TEAM UZUNOV INVESTIGATION. In light of the recent terror attack on Moscow Airport, Russia, you would think that Melbourne Airport authorities would enforce their own security measures…But over the past couple of months, motorists, to avoid expensive parking at Melbourne Airport, (Victoria state, Australia) or […]
Canadian reporter Scott Taylor (left) and Sasha Uzunov (right) in Kandahar, Afghanistan to film a documentary in 2007 for Canadian television. Uzunov does a Jim Waley impersonation by donning a flak jacket and helmet. It has has taken The Sunday Age’s (Fairfax newspapers) self-appointed defence expert, Tom Hyland, three years to reveal, courtesy of wikileaks, […]
Scott Taylor (left) & Sasha Uzunov (right): filming in Kandahar, Afghanistan in 2007. Canadian film on Afghanistan View the complete film at this link: www.cpac.ca/forms/index.asp?dsp=template&act=view3&pagetype=vod&hl=e&clipID=4759 Canadian documentary film, “Afghanistan: outside the wire,” 60 minutes long, camerawork by Scott Taylor (host/producer), David Pugliese and Sasha Uzunov. CPAC Special“Afghanistan: Outside the Wire” Join respected military journalist Scott […]
A new book by an ex-Australian SASR special forces soldier tells of the lack of support from Dutch allies in the Afghanistan War. link:www.heraldsun.com.au/news/australian-solders-left-for-dead-in-afghanistan/story-e6frf7jo-1225941976825 Australian solders left for dead in Afghanistan by Ian McPhedranFrom: Herald Sun October 22, 2010 extract: AUSTRALIAN special forces troops were left for dead by two Dutch attack helicopters during a […]
“The Fairfax Press and SBS TV, aided by the ABC, have been obsessed with the story of Australian Commandos involved in a botched raid that resulted in the unintentional killing of five Afghan civilians last year – but that is another story. Meanwhile, it would appear that ABC cameraman Paul Moran’s role in selling the […]
Australian commandos in Afghanistan face political pressure from media over incident. www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1008/S00486/commandos-pay-political-price.htm AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS PAY POLITICAL PRICE?28 August 2010 By Sasha Uzunov Australian commandos involved in a botched raid which resulted in 5 civilian deaths in Afghanistan could face courts martial because of intense political pressure from the media, as TEAM UZUNOV writing for www.scoop.co.nz […]
