photo: Defence Dept http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8431&page=0 Friday, 23 January 2009 VC WINNER HERALDS NEW ERA OF HEROES By Sasha Uzunov The award of the highly prestigious Victoria Cross to SASR Trooper Mark Donaldson for outstanding bravery under fire in Afghanistan is not only significant because it is the first time in forty years since the Vietnam War […]
Above: Wily Afghan General Abdul Rashid Dostum (left) pictured with Canadian journalist Scott Taylor in 2007. Dostum claims he can put together a 5,000 strong army and clean out the Taliban but is being stopped by NATO from doing so. Australian freelance photo journalist Sasha Uzunov in local Afghan attire meets charismatic and unorthodox American […]
Brisbane Courier Mail newspaper article, Australia http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24814541-27197,00.htmlHoliday hypocrisyby Sasha UzunovDecember 17, 2008 11:00pm UNION protest at dropping the long weekend rankles with Vietnam War veterans stung by past anti-war action.For some of Queensland’s Vietnam veterans who watched this week as the Queensland Council of Unions jumped on the Anzac legend bandwagon to keep a public […]
DAREBIN CITY HEROES Private Bruce Kingsbury VC – Kokoda WWII Private Les Farren – Vietnam KOKODA TRACK HERO —PROPOSAL FOR KINGSBURY VC MONUMENT Sasha Uzunov, a Reservoir freelance photo journalist and former Australian soldier who served in East Timor, says he wants to propose to Darebin City Council that they place a statue of one […]
The fighting quality of the Aussie digger that saved the day in East Timor not Desk Warriors. Private Carl “The Enforcer” Lloyd, Alpha Company, 4RAR, East Timor, 2001. Photo by Sasha Uzunov. On Line Opinion – Australia’s e-journal of social and political debate. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8179&page=0 GENERALS AND DIGGERS SAVED THE DAY IN TIMOR by Sasha Uzunov […]
Royal Australian Navy sailor. Photo: US Defense Department. GULF WAR SYNDROME REVISITED An American study into Gulf War Syndrome has found the illness is real, according to Australian veterans’ news site…http://theaussiedigger.com/TheAussieDiggerForum/ But the issue here in Australia has been downplayed by politicians and some in the media, who see themselves as future government advisors and […]
REMEMBRANCE DAY SPECIAL PHOTO-ESSAY IN STEP: Victorian State Premier John Brumby (without hat) gives an eyes right salute to the eternal flame as he marches up the steps to the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, 11 November 2008… The Premier has gone out of his way to make himself known as the Veterans’ Premier… THE SHRINE […]
Vietnam is part of the Anzac legend forged on the shores of Gallipoli in 1915. REMEMBRANCE DAY– REMEMBERING ALL — Vietnam part of the ANZAC Legend forged at Gallipoli ON LINE OPINION – Australia’s e-journal of social and political debate http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8135&page=0 Remembrance Day: remembering all By Sasha Uzunov – posted Monday, 10 November 2008 Recent […]
CHALLENGE TO EDDE MCGUIRE:EDDIE ASKED TO JOIN THE ARMYBy Sasha Uzunov Channel 9 television personality and Collingwood Football club president, Eddie McGuire, has come up with an idea to solve youth violence on our streets–send the young offenders into the Australian Army. In theory it sounds like a good idea but it would help to […]
Keating was eager to send Australian troops to Rwanda, Africa in 1994 but there was no criticism of Gallipoli back then. (Photo courtesy of Ken Pedler) KEATING’S SHORT MEMORYBy Sasha Uzunov Paul John Keating, Australia’s Prime Minister from 1991-96, has been at it again. –letting go with comments that would guarantee media exposure. His latest […]
