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BY JAMES CAULFIELD CANBERRA — Five-hundred people attended a November 30 rally outside the US Embassy and Prime Minister John Howard's residence, the Lodge. The protest was organised by the ACT Network Opposing War. Speakers included ALP MP
BY ROHAN PEARCE In a set-back for Washington, on November 19 Danish government prosecutors have charged Nizar al Khazraji with war crimes. Khazraji is the highest-ranking general to have defected from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's regime. The
BY JAMES BALOWSKI On November 27, an Indonesian court sentenced notorious militia chief Eurico Guterres to 10 years in prison for crimes committed during the violence in East Timor following the 1999 referendum for independence. The judge said
COMMENT BY TIM GOODEN GEELONG — As a Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union steward and activist, I am concerned with the decision by the CFMEU and the Victorian Trades Hall Council (VTHC) to become so identified with a “Vote 1
BY BUSTER SOUTHERLY Green Day's singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong has spoken out against US President George Bush's moves to wage war on the people of Iraq. He has launched an online petition to build opposition to war among Green Day fans and
BY SONALI KOLHATKAR The US military campaign in Afghanistan was called Operation Enduring Freedom. In January, US President George Bush said in his State of the Union address, "The last time we met in this chamber, the mothers and daughters of