FEMALES AT THE FRONT–women at war?By Sasha Uzunov The Rudd federal government is pushing for women to be allowed to serve on the frontlines of war in infantry, armoured or combat engineers within the Australian Army. The Minister for Defence Personnel Greg Combet, who has never served in uniform, is an enthusiastic backer of the […]
www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9408&page=0 Real heroes and media heroesBy Sasha Uzunov – Wednesday, 9 September 2009 All the fuss surrounding Victorian State Minister Tim Holding surviving a two-day ordeal in the state’s snow country after being lost would suggest a society yearning for real life heroes and role models. read on…
HOLDING IS THE MAN! by Sasha Uzunov Victorian State Minister for Water and Tourism, Tim Holding, has survived a two day ordeal high up in the state’s snow fields after fears that he would not be found alive but the Minister is a former Australian Army Reservist with the elite 126 Signals Squardon, 1 Commando […]
10th anniverary of East Timor independence vote – 30 August 2009 ON LINE OPINION – Australia’s e-journal of social and political debate www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9366&page=0 Should Clinton get the Nobel Peace Prize for Timor?By Sasha Uzunov – Friday, 28 August 2009 August 30 will mark the tenth anniversary of East Timor’s successful vote for independence from Indonesia […]
VIETNAM VETERAN DAY – MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA 18 August 2009 – The Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Honouring those Australians who served or were killed whilst fighting in the Vietnam War (1962-72). This year is the first that all missing in action servicemen have been accounted for, after the recent discovery of the remains of […]
Sasha Uzunov (left), Scott Taylor (centre) and Stefan Nitoslawski (right), Talafar, Iraq, 2005. Nitoslawski films Taylor interviewing Iraqi Army General, Talafar, for Maziar Bahari’s documentary, Targets: Reporters in Iraq. Photo by Sasha Uzunov. IRANIAN FILM MAKER DETAINED by Sasha Uzunov News has come that Canadian-Iranian film maker and journalist Maziar Bahari has been detained by […]
THE ANZAC BARDSby Sasha UzunovOnline opinion,Tuesday, 11 August 2009http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9261&page=0 Fairfax newspapers self-appointed defence expert Paul Daley has a potential best selling, but controversial, book called Beersheba about World War I out on the market in time for Father’s Day. In doing so he has joined the pantheon of Anzac legend bards, of which legendary newsman […]
Scott Taylor (left) and Dr Yashir, local Iraqi-Turkoman leader (right). In 2005 Taylor went back to Talafar, Iraq after being held hostage in 2004 to retrace his steps for a Canadian TV documentary. Photo by Sasha Uzunov SCOTT TAYLOR ON CNN’S LARRY KING My colleague, Canadian journalist and war reporter Scott Taylor was speaking on […]
IN DEFENCE OF THE AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER REPORT: Overland hypocrisy on terror raids By Sasha Uzunov Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Simon Overland is on the warpath over the publication of a story in The Australian newspaper on 4 August 2009 hours before a major raid on suspected Melbourne based terrorists who allegedly planned to attack Holsworthy […]
News that Holsworthy Army Barracks, Sydney, Australia was about to come under terrorist attack but plot foiled by the Australian security services and police forces… see link http://www.smh.com.au/national/alleged-attack-on-defence-base-imminent-scipione-20090804-e82b.html Read my 2006 artice in the Herald Sun newspaper which touches on the subject. There are still 2 high powered sniper rifles that were stolen from Holsworthy […]
