Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← The wars & local soldiers, all years

Sydney · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 2003

127 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 7

War

The Chaser · Friday 10 January 2003 · page 11

We are more than happy with your performance this century. In particular, your re-introduction of trenches to the field of battle in Europe was a masterstroke. WWII, we believe, was the pinnacle…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Australia woos Arabs, Islam as Gulf War looms

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 10 January 2003 · page 4

AS the threat of a Gulf War looms, the Federal Government has decided to set up a Council for Australian-Arab Relations (CAAR) to woo Arab states with trade and cultural ties…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

War Stars In our ongoing efforts to bring you the news of tomorrow before anyone else, The Chaser has conducted a phone-poll of psychic phone lines, to discover exactly what the future holds for Australia's political leaders

The Chaser · Friday 10 January 2003 · page 21

Foretelling the future is a lot harder than Laurie Oakes and Alan Ramsey make it appear in their…

Continued on Trove, page 21 →

Weapons of Choice With The Chaser's resident ordnance expert, Brigadier Timothy Brunero (Retired) The coming war in Iraq is a welcome opportunity for governments who have been weaponising for the last decade to test the fightability, lethality and kill inclination of their new armaments. Here is an arsenal guide for the convenience of Chaser readers. RQ-1 Predator

The Chaser · Friday 10 January 2003 · page 6

This is the latest investment by the US Air Force in reconnaissance, surveillance and preemptive euthanasia. The Predator is a pilotless plane which can…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Representing war and suffering in music

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 17 January 2003 · page 18

SONGS, novels, lullabies, poems and photographs from the Vilna ghetto inspired Australian composer and director Max Lyandvert to create his latest music…

Continued on Trove, page 18 →

World Briefs Three soldiers killed

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 31 January 2003 · page 12

JERUSALEM — Three Israeli soldiers were killed on January 22 in a roadside ambush by Palestinian gunmen near Hebron. The three…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

US invades South Korea War on Terror Won WASHINGTON

Tharunka · Monday 3 February 2003 · page 16

An allied force of American, British and Australian troops has today landed in South Korea to begin ’Operation Yellow Fire’…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

Fighting Israel's media war

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 7 February 2003 · page 3

THE most senior women on the frontline of Israel’s media war will spearhead the United Israel Appeal’s Women’s Division campaign next…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Conversation Checklist War Special!

The Chaser · Friday 7 February 2003 · page 8

A lot of people are talking about the war. But what exactly should one say? Conversation Checklist has…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Liberals oppose war on Iraq

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 7 February 2003 · page 4

PROMINENT Jewish academic and former senior Liberal government minister Peter Baume has come our strongly against Jews who support a war against Iraq…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

How the war on terror became the war on Iraq

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 14 February 2003 · page 18

NOT since the Cold War has the world been so dangerously poised. Not since the era when Washington and Moscow challenged each other through the acquisition of nuclear missiles - a policy known as MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) — have the stakes been so perilously high…

Continued on Trove, page 18 →

US war vet due in Sydney

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 14 February 2003 · page 8

US COLONEL Jacob Goldstein has served his country in Iraq, Israel and Afghanistan. One of the US military’s most…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

MPs blast Israel as war fears grow

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 14 February 2003 · page 1

ISRAEL and “Palestine” constitute one of the greatest problems “confronting the world”, Federal Parliament was told this week…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

As war looms, Israel must form a government now VIEWPOINT

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 14 February 2003 · page 20

“A war will require the undivided attention of the Prime Minister and his cabinet…

Continued on Trove, page 20 →

Why the war 'on' Iraq doesn’t make sense Beyond Words

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 14 February 2003 · page 20

“'War' has a bevy of conventional prepositional companions. You can…

Continued on Trove, page 20 →

Reasons for War

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 21 February 2003 · page 14

THOSE opposed to war to dismantle the tyrannical regime of Saddam Hussein cite, among several reasons, the cost of the civilian casualties…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Israel blasted as anti-war rally hijacked

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 21 February 2003 · page 3

SYDNEY’S massive anti-war rally was temporarily hijacked by two Muslim speakers who lambasted Israel for “war crimes” and “massacres” - to raucous…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

War and terror: what to tell the children

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 21 February 2003 · page 1

THESE are unsettling times, especially for those too young to understand. With a looming war in the Persian Gulf, with friends and family the victims of terrorist attacks in Israel, with added…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

War and terror: what to tell the kids

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 21 February 2003 · page 5

THESE are unsettling times, especially for those too young to understand. With war imminent in the Gulf and added security at communal buildings,…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Labour camp prisoner proud of role in anti-war protest

The Chaser · Friday 21 February 2003 · page 2

GUANGZHOU, Sunday: Chinese political dissident Wu Chong, has declared he's proud many of the T-Shirts he is forced to manufacture…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →