Tell Me Lies: Propaganda and Media Distortion in the Attack on IraqEdited by David MillerPluto Press, 2004320 pages,
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REVIEW BY PAUL DE ROOIJ
The 2003 US war on Iraq was
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SYDNEY — NSW Premier Bob Carr introduced — and had passed within 48 hours — new laws which make it nearly impossible for "terrorist suspects" to receive bail. The laws took effect on June 3.
This move followed the granting of bail to Bilal
In 2003 a clear majority of people in Australia opposed this country supporting the US in its war for oil in Iraq. But the Howard government treated our opinion with contempt. It said it was a matter of urgency to remove the Saddam Hussein regime
Cass Ilia, Adelaide
In the wake of the revelations that Liberal MP Trish Draper took a friend on a $10,000 study trip to Europe at taxpayers' expense, Socialist Alliance activist Tom Bertuleit has announced that, if elected, he would renounce all
SYDNEY — Residents on Howard Avenue in Dee Why and Howard Street in Lindfield have shown their support for asylum seekers by displaying hearts in the windows of their homes.
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By John Gauci& Jenny Long, Sydney
On June 25, NSW public school and TAFE teachers will stop work for two hours to plan industrial action in response to the state Labor government's failure to adequately fund public education through the state
Kathy Newnam, Darwin
Following discussions on June 5 between defence minister Robert Hill and US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld, the plan for a joint US-Australia military facility in northern Australia has been officially placed on the agenda
"What does women's rights mean to you?" It seemed a strange question to ask a group of around 20 young women crammed in a little room, sweltering in 47oC heat, in a desert village in Pakistan. But this was no ordinary group of young women. They were
John Anderson
The Sunbeam Corporation factory in Palmerston North is closing after more than 20 years production there. The seasonal staff will finish their season on June 25, and the plant will close shortly after, costing 122 workers their jobs,
Doug Lorimer
On June 8, the UN Security Council unanimously voted to recognise the sovereignty of the gang of collaborators selected by Coalition Provision Authority (CPA) head Paul Bremer to be Iraq's "interim government".
On May 31, the members
Iggy Kim, Sydney
On June 10, more than 100 delegates to the NSW Trades and Labor Council unanimously passed a motion of support for the June 30 "Bring the troops home now" protest in Sydney, organised by the Stop the War Coalition.
The motion was
Lou Plummer, Fayetteville, North Carolina
In January, Jeremy Hinzman, a paratrooper from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division loaded his wife, son and a few possessions into their small car and drove from Fort Bragg to Toronto, Canada. In a journey
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