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Loose Cannons

Hoping another US invasion? "So, they [US officials] haven't been able to confirm reports he [Saddam Hussein] was taken to Tikrit, and then Mosul, and then hopefully to Syria." — Multi-millionaire NBC Today Show host Katie Curic, April 10. He

The ongoing casualties of war

BY AMANDA ZIVCIC Despite the hoopla surrounding ANZAC Day every year, very little attention is paid to how destructive war is to veterans, their families and the society they live in. In the last few years, studies have indicated that domestic

ATTAC Australia launched

BY IGGY KIM SYDNEY — More than 100 people attended the launch of ATTAC (Action for a Tobin Tax to Assist the Citizen) Australia on April 9 at the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre. The Tobin Tax is a 1% levy on all international currency transactions

CUBA: Dissidents funded by US government

BY ROBERTO JORQUERA At an April 8 press conference in Havana, Cuban foreign minister Felipe Perez Roque presented vouchers, bank receipts and photos demonstrating the truth behind the charges against 75 dissidents found guilty of conspiring with

Ruddock sends Iraqis back to hell

BY SARAH STEPHEN With chaos, violence and a humanitarian crisis in Iraq, the Australian government is wasting no time in preparing to send Iraqi refugees home. Immigration minister Philip Ruddock told Channel Nine's Sunday program on April 13 that

Court declares limits on detention

BY SARAH STEPHEN On April 15, the full bench of the Federal Court found that the government has limited powers to detain asylum seekers, and cannot detain them indefinitely as they await deportation. The court found that, in order to

May Day activities 2003

Adelaide: Speakout against the occupation of Iraq. 12.30pm, Thu May 1. Rundle Mall, city. Organised by the Socialist Alliance. For more info, phone (08) 8231 6982. Join Socialist Alliance's contingent to the unions' May Day Rally for Peace. 10am,

UNITED STATES: Washington boosts biowarfare research

BY RIK WILSON Even as the administration of US President George Bush was waging war with Iraq in order to "disarm" its regime of as-yet-discovered chemical and biological weapons, Washington continued to implement a US$6 billion-plus expansion of

PALESTINE: US, Australia defend Israel's 'mass killing'

The United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) on April 15 condemned Israel for its “mass killing” of Palestinians and its construction of illegal settlements in the occupied territories. The United States government was the only