Australian Leader Defends War on Terror

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http://www.kfmb.com/stories/story.18083.html

Australian Leader Defends War on Terror

Australian Prime Minister John Howard gave an impassioned defense of the U.S.-led fight against terror and said his country's relationship with the United States is better than it ever has been and will keep getting better.

He also reasserted his support for the U.S.-led military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and praised populous neighbor Indonesia's rapid ascent into a full-fledged democracy.

Ahead of his meeting Tuesday with President Bush, Howard made the rounds of official and unofficial Washington on Monday.

He met with Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan; chaired a meeting of the International Democratic Union, which comprises 70 conservative Christian Democratic and other center-right political parties; and finally spoke to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Australian Association.

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[cal04]

1. Well why wouldn't he

his son worked for the bush campaign

[rodeodance]

2. send the winnie pup back to aussieland

[LynnTheDem]

3. Excuse me, Howie, but yer outta step, old boy;

The Australian: War increased terror threat: Rudd July 19, 2005
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15978446%255E29277,00.html

Poll: Aussies, Brits, Italians say Iraq war increased terrorism
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1576/5027215.html

...the war in Iraq had "increased the threat of terrorism against Australian interests"
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Iraq-war-has-cost-12bn-says-Labor/2005/05/11/1115585032118.html?oneclick=true

Coalition allies fear increased threat
"more than two-thirds of the people living in Australia...believe the war has increased the threat of terrorism."
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/2004/10/002561.html

“By involving Australia in Bush’s criminal war in Iraq, the ... ... Iraq intervention increased threat of terrorism.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0409/S00127.htm