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The wars & local soldiers, 1991

155 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 8

Tribune out early against war

Tribune · Wednesday 30 January 1991 · page 3

The countdown to war we feared after December 4 has come horribly true. Like millions of people around…

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NATIONAL Anti-war protest news

Tribune · Wednesday 30 January 1991 · page 12

In the week following the parliamentary debate on the Gulf War, protest action around the country has continued at a high level despite the problems of organising on the run. Anti-war coalitions in many cities are being consolidated…

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Spend money on health not war

Tribune · Wednesday 30 January 1991 · page 3

It says something about our society that the Australian of the year award this year went to Fred Hollows…

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Join Hands Saying no to war

Tribune · Wednesday 30 January 1991 · page 11

Of the 224 members of federal parliament, 12% are women; 5.3% of parliamentarians voted against or…

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Tribune Roundup Townsville against Gulf war

Tribune · Wednesday 30 January 1991 · page 12

Four hundred people protested against the Gulf War in Townville Mall on January 19. Speakers came from Scientists Against Nuclear Arms, Bishop Benjamin of the Catholic church, the Democrats, Women for Survival and a New Zealand Peace Group. Messages of support came from ALP Senator Margaret Reynolds, the Alice Springs…

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Anti-war movement confronts parliament by Peter Murphy

Tribune · Wednesday 30 January 1991 · page 3

Over a thousand anti-war protesters converged by the busload on Canberra on January 21-22 to tell their…

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War in the Gulf

Hanho Tʻaimzŭ = Hanho Times · Thursday 31 January 1991 · page 18

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Volunteers remember ’67 war

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 1 February 1991 · page 10

WITH THE recent call for volunteers to work in Israel, memories of similar efforts in 1967 and 1973 came flooding back to many…

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Australia’s just war

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 1 February 1991 · page 18

THE JOINT intelligence facilities at Nurrungar communications station, the South Australian base Australia shares with the United States, have been playing a vital role in supplying the…

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The War and Israel's “Valium”

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 1 February 1991 · page 12

Jerusalem: ISRAEL’S PUBLIC tranquilliser for staying calm in the face of Iraqi missile attacks is a baby-faced army spokesman,…

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McHugh clarifies war stand

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 1 February 1991 · page 8

PARLIAMENTARIAN and ALP left faction member Jeannette McHugh is upset by what she believes is a misinterpretation…

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Israel biggest winner in Gulf war

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 1 February 1991 · page 15

Cairo: A NEW lament is wailing across the Arab world: Israel is winning the Gulf war without firing a shot…

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War which is fought by the near

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 1 February 1991 · page 7

Jerusalem: AN ISRAELI soldier in full combat dress on the border with Jordan picks up his field telephone to call home to Tel…

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BUSINESS & PROPERTY The hidden costs of war

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 1 February 1991 · page 29

THE DAYS spent by the population in their sealed rooms and away from their workplaces cost the country $US300 million in…

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War in the Middle East Australian bases help protect Israel

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 1 February 1991 · page 3

AUSTRALIA is playing a major role in destroying the Scud missiles Iraq has been raining down on Israel and Saudi Arabia…

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War previewed Dear Filmnews. Selective Memories: Hollywood as Future Historian

Filmnews · Friday 1 February 1991 · page 2

e.g.1 Skilful Negotiation:" Surrender or be blown up into 17,670,002 micro-cells." Daffy Duck's ultimatum to Marvin Martian from Planet X…

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Women and this war

Tribune · Wednesday 6 February 1991 · page 7

Feminists have reacted strongly to male projection of the war in the media. "This war has been conveyed to us by men…

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German anti-war upsurge

Tribune · Wednesday 6 February 1991 · page 5

Almost overnight, the European peace movement seems to have awakened from its winters-long sleep, as…

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The Israeli Left and the war

Tribune · Wednesday 6 February 1991 · page 9

The Right in Israel hoped that a war would break out whereas the Zionist Left is directionless. While paying lip service to…

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A Palestinian considers the Gulf war

Tribune · Wednesday 6 February 1991 · page 7

At the beginning of the Gulf crisis, we felt that this was going to be another lost opportunity. Since 1974 there have…

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