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NAVAL MONUMENT VANDALISED AGAIN

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| Matthew Flinders, Melbourne, Naval monument, vandalism, Victoria Police

Above: Photo taken October 8, 2008, after the recent attack on the Matthew Flinders monument. Photos by Sasha Uzunov, copyright 2008.Below: The attack on the statue on 30 August 2008 and the subsequent clean-up, 2 September 2008. A statue of famed British Naval explorer Matthew Flinders has been vandalised again. The prominent Melburne monument is […]

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On Line Opinion website runs Rudd story

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| Afghanistan, Defence Department, Kevin Rudd

On Line Opinion – Australia’s e-journal of social and political debate http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=7952 Is Rudd the real McCoy on defence? By Sasha Uzunov – Tuesday, 30 September 2008 In recent weeks we have witnessed the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, deliver sermons from the mount which have struck a chord with the defence community. Is the PM […]

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EXPERT: COMBET FOR PRIME MINISTER

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| Abrams tank, Australian Army, Defence Department, Defence Minister, Greg Combet, Joel Fitzgibbon, Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister

(ADF archival photos): Greg Combet (right)- future Defence Minister or PM? Expert questions Rudd’s leadershipCOMBET SHOULD BE PRIME MINISTER By Sasha UzunovCopyright 2008 Former Trade Union boss and current ALP Federal MP Greg Combet should become Australia’s Prime Minister, according to an influential political commentator. Mr Bruce Haigh, a retired Australian diplomat and expert comments […]

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DAVID HICKS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE

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| Afghanistan, David Hicks, Mullah Zaeef, Taliban

Sasha Uzunov dressed in native Afghan clothes behind the camera taping Mullah Zaeef. On the right is Canadian journalist David Pugliese, also in native dress. (Photo by Scott Taylor) DAVID HICKS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE by Sasha Uzunov David Hicks, the Australian convicted of supporting terrorism in Afghanistan, has been in the news again. […]

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RUDD THE REAL McCOY ON DEFENCE?

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| Afghanistan, Dr Brendan Nelson, Iraq, John Howard, Kevin Rudd

ADF photo: PM Rudd meets the troops IS RUDD THE REAL McCOY ON DEFENCE? By Sasha UzunovCopyright 2008 In recent weeks we have witnessed the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, deliver sermons from the mount which have struck a chord with the defence community. Is the PM the long awaited Messiah, the Real McCoy? First there […]

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THE DAY DUTCH SOLDIERS SAVED ME

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| Albanian, Dutch, Macedonia, Skopje, War

One of the Dutch soldiers who saved me from a beating in Skopje, Macedonia Balkan flashback–Australian journalist reveals: THE DAY DUTCH SOLDIERS SAVED ME By Sasha Uzunov Last week the Australian government warned that Australian journalists should leave Afghanistan because they were being targeted by the Taliban. But since when have journalists ever been safe […]

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RWANDA VETERANS TRYING TO RETURN

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| Gareth Evans, Paul Keating, peacekeeping, Rwanda, UN

Ken Pedler with Australia’s national symbol and as a digger (K. Pedler photos) Attention DVA (Department of Veterans Affairs- Australia)RWANDA VETERANS TRYING TO RETURN By Sasha Uzunov copyright 2008 A former Australian Army corporal who saw action in Rwanda in 1994 is trying to organise a return to that African hell hole to commemorate the […]

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FIRE BRIGADE HOSES DOWN MELBOURNE TRADERS CONCERNS

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| CBD, fire, Melbourne, Metropolitan Fire Brigade, MFB, Myer building, Swanston Street, terror attack

PANIC AND PARANOIA FIRE BRIGADE HOSES DOWN MELBOURNE TRADERS CONCERNS By Sasha UzunovCopyright 2008 The Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) has today hosed down concerns from some of Melbourne’s Central Business District (CBD) traders by saying that an alleged increase in fire call outs were not due to training runs but were the real thing. Three […]

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| Afghanistan, Australian Army, Dr Brendan Nelson, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Oruzgan, Taliban

photo credit: ADF “FAILED” NELSON-HOWARD DOCTRINE ON AFGHANISTAN?By Sasha Uzunovcopyright 2008 The political and military fallout of the Taliban ambush attack on Australian soldiers in Afghanistan can be traced back to the failure of 2006 Nelson-Howard doctrine on the Afghanistan war. Nine Australian Special Forces soldiers in Afghanistan were recently wounded in some of the […]

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CONFUSING SIGNALS

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| Afghanistan, infantry, Special Forces

DEFENCE MINISTER’S CONFUSING SIGNALS Aussie infantry ‘won’t engage Taliban’ The Age – http://news.theage.com.au/national/aussie-infantry-wont-engage-taliban-20080908-4bws.html September 8, 2008 – 5:56PM The federal government is not actively considering deploying infantry soldiers to take on the Taliban in Afghanistan, Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon says. Mr Fitzgibbon played down reports infantry soldiers would be sent to Oruzgan province as part […]

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