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The wars & local soldiers, 2003

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War against Iraq shouldn’t depend on the Un Partisan

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 21 February 2003 · page 15

“Judged by its ability to keep peace, prevent wars, solve longstanding conflicts…

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Speaking with... John Howard Australia is going to war against Iraq, isn't it?

The Chaser · Friday 21 February 2003 · page 2

Quite frankly, I find that sort of question insulting. Just because 3000 Australians are deployed in the Gulf region,…

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Obituary Send Obituaries to alee@jewishnews.net.au Diplomat whose shooting sparked 1982 Lebanon War

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 28 February 2003 · page 13

SHLOMO Argov, the former ambassador to Britain paralysed 21 years ago in an assassination attempt that precipitated the invasion of Lebanon, died on Sunday. He was 74…

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War may unleash a monster

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 7 March 2003 · page 14

US President George Bush has claimed that removing Saddam Hussein could trigger a democratic domino effect throughout the Middle East - including a democratic Palestinian state. His remarks last week were the first significant instance that he had linked…

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Dreaming War Ben Cove

Tharunka · Monday 10 March 2003 · page 20

What this book is ail about is made clear by the subtitle on the front cover. While ‘Blood for Oil’ is now a common epithet, the last part takes us by surprise. Why is the Vice President’s name placed, so conspicuously, before the President’s? How can the…

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Aussie Fireworks to be used in Countdown to War

Tharunka · Monday 10 March 2003 · page 13

On Thursday March 13 at 8pm local time, the War on Iraq will officially begin. Countdowns have already been started in workplaces across Australia, as happy…

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Tharunka Investigates: The War on Iraq O L, huh, yeah

Tharunka · Monday 10 March 2003 · page 14

Cynics dismiss the latest trumped up war as an expensive oil dig…

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Tharunka Investigates: The War on Iraq Look out Australia, Terrorism’s coming! (as seen on TV) Joe Stella Background

Tharunka · Monday 10 March 2003 · page 16

Modern terrorism began in 1946 when a group of Zionists disguised as Arabs blew up the headquarters of the British mandate in Palestine, the King David Hotel in…

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War on Iraq: it’s time they answered a few questions VIEWPOINT

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 14 March 2003 · page 16

“All wars end and then the human pieces have to be picked up” JUSTICE MARCUS EINFELD…

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What's On Melbourne If War Breaks Out

The Chaser · Friday 21 March 2003 · page 18

Rally that day at 5pm at the State Library of Victoria if war is declared. Palm Sunday, Sun Apr 13. 2pm. Treasury Gardens, ecumenical service at…

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It's Wor Bush makes crucial error in declaring war

The Chaser · Friday 21 March 2003 · page 1

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World The three aims of Saddam’s war plan News Analysis

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 21 March 2003 · page 11

SOMETIME last Saturday, Saddam Hussein was finally convinced that war was coming. And he acted the way he always has by unveiling a war…

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Blair in the Wars War to guarantee regime change in Iraq, Britain

The Chaser · Friday 21 March 2003 · page 4

LONDON, Monday: Prime Minister Blair has sought to bolster support for the war against Iraq by guaranteeing regime…

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Blair invites Peter Foster back to UK to sell war on Iraq

The Chaser · Friday 21 March 2003 · page 4

LONDON, Friday: In a last-ditch attempt to prevent a backbench revolt against his pro-war stance, embattled British Prime Minister…

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Soldier, Two Hamas Men Killed

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 21 March 2003 · page 12

JERUSALEM - An Israeli soldier and two senior members of Hamas were Killed in separate clashes in the West Bank on Tuesday. Ali Alian, a senior…

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Are IDF soldiers getting light on the trigger? News Analysis

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 21 March 2003 · page 12

The accidental death of a US activist in Gaza, along with the mistaken killing of two IDF soldiers, has raised questions…

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Mourning News 2nd Coming: Commandos freeze sperm ahead of Gulf War

Tharunka · Monday 24 March 2003 · page 14

Australia's elite Special Air Services (SAS) troops have made a decision , to freeze their sperm in light of the impending War on Iraq. The move…

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Israelis take war precautions War in Iraq

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 28 March 2003 · page 11

JERUSALEM - Israeli officials want citizens to carry on with their normal lives despite the start of the American-led war against Iraq, but the…

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No moral case for war - professor War in Iraq

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 28 March 2003 · page 4

THE war in Iraq is not only morally unjust, it goes against every decent value the West holds true, one of Australia’s leading moral…

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Jewish jurists defend legal basis for war War in Iraq

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 28 March 2003 · page 3

MORE than 10 prominent Jewish jurists have signed a statement supporting the war on Iraq. In an article in the Australian on…

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