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This was no war but a travesty. It was an invasion by 300,000 military forces to 'disarm' Saddam Hussein of his 'weapons of mass destruction'. It was not about 'regime change.' We know this because our Prime Minister, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said so, repeatedly, for months. And he wouldn't lie, would he? This was a 'war' to strip a 'rogue state' of biological and chemical weapons to keep them out of the hands of 'international terrorists' and 'other rogue states.' When Baghdad fell on the 22nd day of the Anglo-American invasion, with Australia's tiny force no more than the military tea lady, the outcome in numbers, as reported from US central command at Doha, Qatar: US forces 2555,000, British forces 45,000; Australian forces 2,000. Casualties: US 101 dead, 11 missing, seven captured; British 30 dead; Australian nil. Iraq military, between 5,000 and 10,000 dead (estimate) Iraq civilians 600 dead and 4,000 wounded (estimate).

Commenting on the War on Iraq by the American, British and Australian troops. Sydney Morning Herald - April 12 2003.


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Two of the most searing quotes of the 'war' have emerged this week from the fog of deceit that has laid over everything the Bush White House has manipulated in ousting the Saddam regime. One was the courageous statement of Dr. Ameer Ali, the president of the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils: 'The Muslim people of Iraq are fodder for the war machines of America'. Nothing has been truer.

Commenting on the War on Iraq by the American, British and Australian troops. Sydney Morning Herald - April 12 2003.


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By the time Baghdad fell, the supposed reasons for the invasion, like Osama bin Laden and Saddam himself, were still missing. Despite the best efforts of the Murdoch group's poisonous coverage, and numerous false alarms, no 'weapons of mass destruction', one of the worst of the Iraq adventure's clichés, had been found, anywhere.

Commenting on the War on Iraq by the American, British and Australian troops. Sydney Morning Herald - April 12 2003.


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You might feel proud, Prime Minister, but I do not, and I venture to suggest very many of our fellow Australians feel exactly the same as me. And I don't give a toss what the opinion polls say.

Commenting on the War on Iraq by the American, British and Australian troops, and the Australian Prime Minister - John Howard Sydney Morning Herald - April 12 2003.


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