Daily Archives: September 3, 2008
Taliban dog pen where Australian soldiers held prisoners
The Daily Telegraph | September 03, 2008 http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24286455-5001021,00.html THESE are the so-called dog-pens where Australian SAS soldiers held Afghan prisoners – but now strongly deny they used these holding facilities to humiliate them. Images of the “dog-pens” – which have angered Muslim leaders and the Greens – were posted on the Australian Defence Force website [...]
KRudd's Abo army of nation builders
Patricia Karvelas and Matthew Franklin: The Australian | September 02, 2008 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24279568-601,00.html KEVIN Rudd is poised to use a $76 billion nation-building infrastructure program to tackle indigenous disadvantage by insisting Aborigines be recruited to work on dozens of new roads, ports and railway projects across the nation. The Prime Minister’s hand-picked business adviser Rod Eddington, [...]



