War On Terrorism

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2007

2006

2005

Dec 26: Governor-General Visits Troops In Iraq, Afghanistan And Persian Gulf
Dec 20: Liberal Party Touts It Achievements In 2005
Dec 18: Bush Claims Success In Iraq, Urges Resolve
Dec 17: Bush Defends Bugging Program
Dec 12: Howard Claims No 'Underlying Racism' In Australia; Cautions Against 'Rush To Judgement'
Nov 17: Iraq A Flawed Policy Wrapped In Illusion: John Murtha
Nov 08: Howard Pays Tribute To ASIO And Police For Terror Arrests
Nov 02: Greens Condemn Secrecy, Abuse Of Parliament
Nov 02: Claiming 'Potential Terrorist Threat', Howard Rushes Amendment To Counter Terrorism Legislation
Oct 15: Proposed Anti-Terrorism Legislation (PDF) - the federal legislation posted on the ACT government website by the Chief Minister, Jon Stanhope
Aug 23: 'Terrorism Repugnant To Islam': Muslim Summit - Press Conference Audio
Aug 23: Muslim Summit Meets In Canberra
Jun 05: Defence Minister Hill Meets With US Counterpart Rumsfeld
Feb 02: US Democrats Respond To State Of The Union - Audio
Feb 02: State Of The Union Address: Full Text Of President Bush's Speech - Audio
Jan 11: Habib To Be Released From Guantanamo Bay Without Charge After Three Years

2004

2003

Dec 15: The Capture Of Saddam Has Not Made America Safer: Howard Dean
Nov 19: Defence Minister Meets With Rumsfeld
Nov 18: In Washington, Hill Discusses Iraq, North Korea And US Bases
Nov 06: U.S. Must Transform Middle East: Bush
Oct 23: Text and Audio of President Bush's Address to the Australian Parliament
Oct 23: Text and Audio of Simon Crean's Speech Welcoming Bush
Oct 23: Text and Audio of Howard's Welcome to President Bush
Oct 23: 'I Met The General That Handcuffed Him': Howard Meets With Bush
Oct 22: Our One-Sided Commemorations: Communist Party
Oct 12: Text and Audio of John Howard's Bali Memorial Service Address
Sep 30: Tony Blair's Speech To The Labour Party Conference
Sep 24: United Nations Structure And Function Must Change: Downer
Sep 23: Bush Addresses Sullen United Nations
Aug 08: Crean Declines To Oppose Death Penalty For Amrozi
Aug 07: Howard Gives Support To Indonesian Death Penalty For Amrozi
Jul 28: The New Global Mosaic: Speech By Paul Keating
Jul 19: Satire: A Child's Guide To United States Foreign Policy
Jul 17: Tony Blair's Address To The United States Congress
May 03: Howard 'A Man Of Steel' Says Bush
May 03: America Deeply Grateful To Australia Says Bush
May 01: Bush Says Combat Operations In Iraq Have Ended
May 01: No Troops For Iraq After War: Howard
Apr 28: Hill Meets With Rumsfeld At Central Command
Apr 25: Sometimes No Alternative To War: Defence Minister
Apr 20: So Where Are They, Mr Blair?
Apr 15: Democracy Compromised By Fear And Hatred: Tim Robbins
Apr 03: War In Iraq: Daily Defence Briefing
Mar 28: Howard's Comments Absurd and Inhumane: Brown
Mar 28: Howard Supports US 'Supervision' In Post-War Iraq
Mar 28: Text And Audio Of Australian Defence Force Daily Briefing
Mar 24: Text And Audio Of Australian Defence Force Daily Briefing
Mar 23: Howard Expresses Guarded Optimism Over Progress Of War In Iraq
Mar 22: Corporate America Divvies Up The Post-Saddam Spoils
Mar 21: Text And Audio Of Simon Crean's Address To The Nation
Mar 20: Text And Audio Of Howard's Address To The Nation On Iraq
Mar 20: The World Has Failed: Bob Brown
Mar 20: Saddam Hussein Appears On Iraqi Television To Condemn US Attack
Mar 20: Why Labor Does Not Support The War: Crean
Mar 20: Howard Confirms Australian Forces Engaged In Iraq Combat
Mar 20: Bush Announces Start Of Iraq War
Mar 16: Howard Targets Crean Over Iraq
Mar 16: Howard's Behaviour A 'Disgrace' Says Crean
Mar 14: Crean Says Howard Failed To Make Case For War
Mar 13: Greens Say Speech Shows PM Is Out Of Touch
Mar 13: John Howard's Address On Iraq To The National Press Club
Mar 13: Prepared Text Of Howard's Address On Iraq
Mar 11: John Hewson, Former Liberal Leader, Attacks Howard Iraq Policy
Mar 10: Howard Explains Comments Linking Bali Bombings With Iraq
Mar 09: 'Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr Howard?'

Feb 25: The Case Against War: Bartlett Puts Australian Democrats Position
Feb 24: Text of the U.S.-British-Spanish Draft Resolution On Iraq
Feb 16: Satire: Iraq Explained
Feb 12: We Stand Passively Mute: Senator Robert Byrd
Feb 04: John Howard's Address To Parliament On Iraq
Feb 01: Government Deploys RAAF To Middle East
Jan 31: European Leaders Say Defence Of Shared Values Depends On Unity With US
Jan 30: ALP Claims US Confirms Howard Has Committed Australia To War
Jan 28: Text And Audio Of President Bush's State of the Union Address
Jan 28: Howard Says Report Shows Iraqi "Stubborn Non-Compliance, Indifference"
Jan 27: Blix Reports To United Nations On Iraq Weapons Inspections
Jan 26: Crean Says Howard Has 'Gate-Crashed' Iraq War And Ignored UN
Jan 24: No Fait Accompli Says Defence Minister
Jan 24: Howard's Media Blitz To Justify Troop Deployment
Jan 23: You Should Not Be Going: Crean To Troops
Jan 23: Howard Farewells HMAS Kanimbla
Jan 23: Howard Denies Troop Deployment Is Premature
Jan 23: Democrats Oppose Troops To Iraq, Demand Recall Of Parliament
Jan 22: Deployment An Insult To Australian People: Greens
Jan 22: Howard Government To Send Troops To Persian Gulf
Jan 16: Australia Should Not Be Preparing For War: Crean
Jan 16: Australian Democrats' Statements On Iraq
Jan 07: Don't Let Iraq Become Australia's New Vietnam: Brereton

2002

Dec 27: Howard Announces $15 Million Anti-Terrorist Advertising Campaign
Nov 24: Howard Gets Out His Dog-Whistle Again
Nov 08: Full Text Of UN Security Council Resolution 1441 On Iraq
Oct 18: Text of John Howard's Bali Press Conference
Oct 18: Details Of National Memorial Service For Bali Victims
Oct 17: John Howard's Address To Bali Memorial Service
Oct 17: Government Issues New Travel Warning For Indonesia
Oct 17: Defence Minister Questioned About Bali Attack Warnings
Oct 17: Cautious Crean Refuses To Criticise Government Over Bali Intelligence Warnings
Oct 17: Howard, Anderson And Crean Visit Bali
Oct 17: A National Day Of Mourning
Oct 15: Some Reflections On Bali And SIEVX: Tony Kevin
Oct 15: Sombre Question Time In Parliament
Oct 15: Howard Questioned About Bali Warnings
Oct 14: Defence Minister's Speech On Bali Bombings
Oct 14: Federal Parliament Condemns Bali Attacks
Oct 14: Attacks On Mainland A Possibility: Howard
Oct 13: Simon Crean's Statement On The Bali Attacks
Oct 13: Howard Responds To Terrorist Attack In Bali
Oct 11: Full Text Of Joint Resolution On Iraq Passed By The United States Congress
Oct 07: "Defiance, Deception And Bad Faith": Bush Develops Case Against Hussein
Oct 03: White House Mood Is Bellicose: Senator Robert C. Byrd
Sep 25: Howard Meets With Blair
Sep 24: Text And Audio Of Tony Blair's Statement To Parliament On Iraq
Sep 23: Al Gore Attacks Bush's Iraq Policy
Sep 17: Senator Robert Ray's Speech On Iraq
Sep 17: Text And Audio Of Simon Crean's Response To Downer's Statement To Parliament On Iraq
Sep 17: Text And Audio of Alexander Downer's Statement To Parliament On Iraq
Sep 14: Library Of Congress To Archive Sep 11 Coverage By australianpolitics.com
Sep 12: Iraq A Grave And Gathering Danger: Bush Speech To United Nations
Sep 12: Kofi Annan Pleads For UN Role In Iraq
Sep 11: A Moment Of Silence Before I Start This Poem
Sep 11: Bush's September 11 Address From Ellis Island, New York City
Sep 10: Hell Bent On War - Communist Party of Australia Viewpoint on Iraq
Aug 26: Cheney: Old Doctrines Of Security Do Not Apply
Jun 24: Bush Calls For New Palestinian Leadership
Jun 06: Bush Announces Government Restructuring
May 20: Defence, Border Protection And The Budget
Apr 29: Australian Democrats' Statement on Terrorism Legislation
Apr 29: Explanatory Memorandum On Terrorism Legislation
Mar 11: Remarks By President Bush On Six-Month Anniversary Of September 11
Jan 29: Full Text And Audio Of President Bush's State Of The Union Address
Jan 05: Bush Talks Tough On Terrorism And Economy

2001

Dec 24: TIME Magazine Names Guiliani Person Of The Year
Dec 14: The Struggle For The Soul Of The 21st Century - Bill Clinton
Dec 06: Attorney-General John Ashcroft's Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee
Dec 02: Alarm Grows In USA Over Administration's Attitude To Terrorism Laws
Oct 25: Howard's Speech To The Australian Defence Association
Oct 17: Text Of Howard Announcement Of Troops Deployment
Oct 17: Australian Troops To Be Sent To Afghanistan
Oct 08: Howard Discusses US Retaliatory Strikes
Oct 07: Listen To Tony Blair's Comments On The US Strikes
Oct 07: President Bush's Address on Retaliatory Strikes Against Afghanistan or Audio
Oct 07: Bush Launches Attacks On Afghanistan
Oct 05: Bush Announces Aid For Afghanistan
Oct 02: Tony Blair's Speech to the Labour Party Conference
Sep 20: Bush's Address to the Joint Houses of Congress
Sep 20: Bush To Say "Either You Are With Us, Or You Are With The Terrorists"
Sep 19: The Australian Ugliness: Terrorism, Asylum-Seekers, Fear And Politics
Sep 17: Bush Says Bin Laden Wanted "Dead Or Alive"
Sep 17: Alternative Views of "America's War"
Sep 15: Bush Warns Of Long Battle Against Terrorism
Sep 15: Listen to Bush's Radio Address
Sep 15: Congress Passes Joint Resolution Authorizing Use Of Force
Sep 15: Congressional Joint Resolution On Terrorism
Sep 14: Bush: "This Conflict Will End In A Way And At An Hour Of Our Choosing"
Sep 14: Crisis Mood Spreading In America; Vice-President Taken Out Of Washington
Sep 13: US Politicians Crank Up "War" Rhetoric
Sep 13: Bush Promises To Win War Against Terrorism
Sep 13: Bush Proclaims National Day Of Prayer and Remembrance
Sep 12: Osama Bin Laden - Background Information
Sep 12: An Unfathomable Attack - New York Times editorial
Sep 12: We Were Attacked Because We Are Good - John McCain
Sep 12: President Bush's Address to the Nation
Sep 12: Hijacked Passengers Called Families To Say Good-Bye
Sep 12: Statement by Peter Beattie on CHOGM and Terrorism
Sep 12: CHOGM To Go Ahead In Shadow Of Terrorist Attacks
Sep 12: World Trade Centre Details
Sep 12: Sep 11: Day Of Infamy
Sep 11: Full Text of President Bush's Address on Terrorist Attacks
Sep 11: Bush: Evil, Despicable Terror Will Not Go Unpunished
Sep 11: World Trade Centre Towers Collapse After Aircraft Hit
Sep 11: U.S. Attacked

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