Roundtable: Korean crisis
There’s a lot of breaths being held on this one, waiting for the other shoe to drop and hoping like hell that it doesn’t. Here’s a thread to discuss what’s happening and not happening on the Korean peninsula right now.
Strangling NATO in Afghanistan
Crossposted from No Right Turn Oh dear. Drivers in Pakistan are refusing to transport supplies across the Northwest Frontier to NATO and US troops in Afghanistan. 75% of US and NATO supplies go that way. Which means they’re either going [...]
Bilal Abdullah, Mohammed Haneef, and Mick Keelty
The AFP has claimed it can’t release any part of its submission to the Clarke Inquiry, about its investigation of Mohammed Haneef, because of “ongoing trials in the UK”. Greg Barns asked in Crikey today: Hang on, what trials? The [...]
You're the minister now, Bob
The Clarke inquiry into the Haneef affair has revealed several interesting things. Amongst them is the statement in ASIO’s unclassified submission that they participated in “whole of government” discussions of the possible threat posed by Haneef. As the statement says: [...]
The nature of the social contract involved in military service
In the comments on the post regarding the death of Andy Olmsted, regular commentor Graham Bell suggested: Suggest a topic for some time in the future: the nature and the future of the social contract, not the legal contract, involved [...]
Super Hornet purchase to be reviewed
According to the SMH, the government is about to conduct a review of its entire fighter plane program, and “everything is on the table”, apparently: All projects in the $30 billion program will be scrutinised “with fresh eyes”. That includes [...]
Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto (21 June 1952 to 27 December 2007)
David Hicks unlikely to breach control order
According to the Age, David Hicks won’t have any trouble at all complying with his control order. He’s so agoraphobic he can’t go outside. Since returning to Australia in May this year to serve the rest of the nine-month sentence [...]
Guest Post by Jim McDonald: The Haneef coverup
Please visit Jim’s blog Rage and Enthusiasm for a fully hyperlinked version should you wish to refer to any of the sources. Immigration Minister, Kevin Andrews, is simply not to be trusted on serious matters relating to human and legal [...]
Turkey threatening to invade American territory…
Well, not quite, but they reportedly have 100,000 troops, backed by all manner of heavy weaponry up to and including F-16′s sitting on the Turkish border with Iraq. The reason? An attack by the PKK, the Kurdish guerilla group, on [...]
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