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Muslims need to look at themselves

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Why is it necessary to attack one religion to defend another, asks Salam Zreika Maybe Julia Irwin attacked one religion to defend another but her arguement doesn’t hold water. Nevertheless Salam applauds her.
I would like to applaud Labor’s Julia Irwin for standing up and making statements on behalf of Muslims in Australia.
Pointing out that some ancient text supported and even advocated violence to the same extent as the Koran doesn’t support Muslims in Australia at all. It simply underlines the fact that Christians left that shit behind a millenium ago and some Muslim fanatics haven’t. Haven’t noticed any Christians deliberately targeting woman and kids lately and then excusing themselves by saying “the Devil made me do it”….or “the Bible says I should pluck out a disbelievers eye” or whatever. Salam again;
What bothers me the most is that most people would agree with Anglican minister David West at Woollahra when he says: “It is easy to characterise people by the actions of minority groups. Christian fundamentalism in its extreme forms does not represent mainstream Christian thinking” which, of course, is true.
Of course it’s true but it’s only half the truth. Christian fundamentalism does not represent mainstream Christian thinking – nor do they blow up Muslims. Muslim fundamentalism does not represent mainstream Muslim thinking but the difference is they blow up christians …Muslims…anyone. Worse than this – I doubt there are any Christian clerics advocating their parishoners go and out and kill Muslims yet there are some Muslim clerics in Australia who are advocating the reverse. I think Salam Zreika might first agitate to get the errant Muslim clerics to shut up before he tells us to. Very few Australians would blame all Muslims but the problem is within the Muslim society, not with us Christians so start there Salam and good luck. The new anti-terror laws will help the country to rid us of these extremists and I suggest all your efforts should be targeting your own portion of society, not ours.
War on Terror

Sedition Laws

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Now that the ACTU/ALP commentariat have predicatbly lost the IR battle they now attack the sedition laws. At larvatusprodeo Mark tries to build a case for the government to arrest him because he’s buying and reading anarchist books and in so doing is financially supporting sedition. The Sedition Laws have been in existance longer than most Left wing Howard haters have and this is the first time in all those years that the Left feel they propose a threat. To answer your stupid question – no Mark, you will not be arrested for buying stupid anarchist books. What you have to do is publically encourage people to take over the government by violent means; to encourage or teach terrorist to blow up Parliament House or the Sydney Harbour Bridge. You need to do something like go overseas and complete a terrorist course on explosions and suicide bombing and then return to Australia and try and conduct a terrorist mission. The country and it’s policing agencies are well used to the Left wing’s pathetic posturing on these matters and treat them with the ignore they deserve. The Left’s issue about free speach is a non issue. Laws already exist that limit free speach; It’s OK to dissent, to call Howard a war monger, or in my case, Whiltam a fool . That’s OK but as soons as I threaten to kill Whitlam it’s not. In the meantime, inspite of this pathetic posturing, the Sedition Laws will be maintained and ASIO et al will be able to lock up terrorists prior to their blowing up Australian citizens. Like the IR laws guys, the new Anti-Terror bill is going to become law and as a result, Australia will be a better and safer place.
War on Terror

Blast ‘kills al-Qaeda commander’

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From the BBC. Pakistan says a top al-Qaeda commander has been killed in the country’s tribal belt along the Afghan border.
Egyptian-born Abu Hamza Rabia, described as al-Qaeda’s operational commander, was among five militants killed in a blast in North Waziristan.
 MSNBC reports that bringing Hamza Rabia to justice was a CIA operation
Local residents said that the men were killed by an unknown number of missiles fired by an unmanned Predator aircraft. The witnesses said that missile remnants bearing U.S. markings remain in the area. They also said they had heard six explosions, but it is uncertain how many of these were the result of missile attacks and how many may have been the result of the missiles detonating explosives inside the safehouse.
Good stuff.
War on Terror

UN reveals acts of torture by Chinese

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IMMERSION in sewage, ripping out fingernails, sleep deprivation, cigarette burns and beatings with electric prods — these are some of the torture methods used by China’s police and prison officers to extract confessions and maintain discipline, a United Nations investigation has found. The Left are going to go beserk over this, aren’t they? It will be all over the front page of The Age and the SMH, won’t it? Bob Brown will demand a Senate Enquiry and blame it on Howard, won’t he? I mean this is real torture, not that ‘play bad music’ or ‘taking happy snaps’ girlie stuff at Abu Ghraib or Guantonamo.
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The Swords of Righteousness in for a torrid time

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Four peace activists taken hostage in Iraq were shown in an insurgent video broadcast on Arab television today, with a previously unknown group claiming responsibility for the kidnapping.

The Swords of Righteousness Brigade said the four were spies working undercover as Christian peace activists, al-Jazeera television news reported. The station said it could not verify any of the information on the tape.

The Swords of Righteousness and four righteous, holier than thou peace activists…should make for some cutting conversations but then they are most probably just being briefed.

What’s the odds the Swords of Righteousness will get sick and tired of the activists simpering, snivelling preaching and throw them out?

UPDATE: The group’s media advisor has obviously told them that The Swords of Righteousness tag is too clumsy in English so today they are reported as the Swords of Truth Brigade.

If it’s all about truth I wonder then, what they will make of this statement.

A statement released by the Christian Peacemaker Team said: “We are angry because what has happened to our teammates is the result of the actions of the US and UK governments due to the illegal attack on Iraq and the continuing occupation and oppression of its people.”

I would’ve thought what happened to their teammates was the result of;

■ putting themselves in a position to be kidnapped, and
■ being kidnapped by the Truth chaps.

A bit old-fashioned of me, I know, but it comes under the heading of being responsible for your own actions.

War on Terror

Possible closure on Hill 82, Vietnam

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In 1964 I joined 1 section, 1 Platoon, A Coy, 1RAR as a very raw recruit fresh out of Infantry Centre, Ingleburn. The Section 2ic was Lance Corporal ‘Tiny’ Parker and one of the other diggers in the platoon was Peter Gilson. ‘Tiny’ Parker brought me up to speed in Infantry Section work and was a patient and friendly proffessional soldier. We had many a friday happy hour over that year after a weeks hard training or after major exercises, and the team spirit that becomes apparent in infantry developed. Tiny was married then and at Platoon parties I met his wife and the girlfriends and parents of the others in the section and platoon. In March 1965 I was posted to 5RAR as I was a month too young to deploy with 1RAR on their first tour of Vietnam so I left that small band, that team that took me from recruit to soldier and gave me many life-time friendships. We had worked hard and played hard and I was saddened to leave my new ‘family’. Time marches on. I continue training with 5RAR while my old 1RAR platoon was in Vietnam with the 173rd Airborne Brigade. 1RAR was the first Australian infantry unit to serve in Vietnam and was one of the three battalions of the Brigade. On the 8th of November, forty years ago this month my old section and platoon came to grief. Last night Lateline carried a story that may offer closure to all those who fought on that day, to the relatives who have suffered for all these forty years and to me who counted Tiny and Peter amongst my many army mates. Continue reading »
Vietnam

Joyce slowly coming to heel

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BARNABY Joyce has dropped his push for mandated penalty rates on “iconic” public holidays, saying he will accept a compromise ensuring Australian workers cannot be sacked for refusing to work on Christmas Day. I’m not surprised. Joyce was obviously going to be brought to heel sooner or later after certain home truths were pointed out to him.
The outspoken Queensland Nationals senator last night gave his strongest indication that he would not block the Government’s industrial relations changes, telling The Australian he would not push for penalty rates if the Government guaranteed workers could not be sacked for refusing to work on significant public holidays.
 That’s a start. Now we should see the bill passed before Christmas
Senator Joyce said later making it impossible to sack workers for refusing to be rostered on during holidays would effectively force employers to have to offer more money on those days. “If it is really essential to work I would imagine people would have to pay you double,” Senator Joyce said last night. “My protection is then the ultimate protection. Iconic public holidays will remain such — as compass points in the Australian calendar.”
 Extra money for working iconic public holidays like Christmas, Australia Day and ANZAC Day seem reasonable to me but not just for working Saturdays or Sundays. It is worthy of note, however that not all workers demand extra money for working Christmas Day and neither do all unions Sharan Burrow attacks what she perceives as the weak link in the governments armour, Barnaby;
While ACTU president Sharan Burrow tried to sway the Queenslander yesterday, delivering an 85,000-email petition imploring him to block the Work Choices Bill, Senator Joyce was leaning towards a more traditional Nationals constituency, the farmers.
Knowing it’s not difficult to programme emails and mass produce them with different signature blocks I’m less than impressed with Sharan’s 85,000 email petition than I am with Joyce’s apparent change of heart. I note that ABC radio has transformed the email petition to 85,000 signatures I also heard Anna Booth, saviour of the outworkers some years back, complaining on ABC radio about the requirement for secret ballots meeting a minimum of 50% voter return in the positive before a union can call a strike. I understand the idea is to send a postal vote to each member for them to decide on the issue. It can easily be said that it is mainly true believers that attend union meetings where a good speaker can, and often does wind the troops up to such an extent that they would kill Howard should he wonder by. In these circumstances a vote to strike is a given. I would rather the vote be considered in the cold light of the domestic scene; the kitchen table awash with bills and due mortgages and a clear thinking wife to counsel other avenues of dissent.
Politics

Another drug conviction imminent

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INDONESIAN prosecutors have demanded an 18-month jail term for an Australian mine worker accused of using methamphetamine.
John Michael Kelly, 45, from Warwick on Queensland’s Darling Downs, was arrested in September in Sangatta, East Kalimantan on Borneo, after a tip-off by hotel security guards.
 Mmmm…Middle aged… working…. anglo sounding name and most probably not as pretty as Michelle or Schappele but we will have another press frenzy tomorrow with demands from Beasely, Rudd, Brown and Nettle etc to have his case taken on by the Government. Won’t we?
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