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Down Under
Australia says not intimidated by blast
2004-09-09
By Paul Tait
Australia will not be intimidated by a powerful car bomb that killed at least eight people outside its Jakarta embassy, Prime Minister John Howard says.
"Savages don't 'intimidate' us, anymore than snakes 'intimidate' us..."
The blast on Thursday came as Howard, a close U.S. ally, campaigned for an October 9 election and just two days before the third anniversary of the September 11 hijacked aircraft attacks on the United States. "This is not a nation that is going to be intimidated by acts of terrorism," Howard told reporters in Melbourne.
"Australians will never be intimidated! And if we were going to be intimidated, it wouldn't be by Indonesia's dregs!"
Opposition Labor leader Mark Latham described the bombing as "evil and barbaric". Howard and Latham have clashed over Australia's role in Iraq, with Latham saying Australian involvement puts it at greater risk of terror attacks.
"I feel kinda intimidated."
Posted by:Mark Espinola

#7  There is one reason that I can accept for withdrawing troops from Iraq or Afghanistan during the WOT: that a new place has been discoverd where the troops can kill a greater number of terrorists.
Posted by: Super Hose   2004-09-09 8:08:42 PM  

#6  Bulldog,

Wonder how long it'll be before there's actual collusion somewhere in the world between an 'anti-war'/pro-appeasement/pro-jihad opposition (or rogue elements of that opposition, or domestic opposition sympathisers) and foreign terrorists?

Not long. Here's the "No Logo" anti-global girl Naomi Klein arguing for just that, in the most prominent leftist publication in the US, no less: "It's time to bring Najaf to New York."
http://thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20040913&s=klein
Posted by: lex   2004-09-09 6:06:30 PM  

#5  The Aussies are stalwart and were one of the few allies who joined us in Vietnam (along with the sKors).
Posted by: Brett_the_Quarkian   2004-09-09 1:35:30 PM  

#4  Been talkin' to Zapatero, eh?

The Australian election does look spookily similar to Spain's. Only this time the opposition left know what the jihadis would like to do, and that it might well work to their advantage (after all, they're trailing in the polls, so what would they have to lose?). Wonder how long it'll be before there's actual collusion somewhere in the world between an 'anti-war'/pro-appeasement/pro-jihad opposition (or rogue elements of that opposition, or domestic opposition sympathisers) and foreign terrorists?
Posted by: Bulldog   2004-09-09 1:07:14 PM  

#3  All of the above and he's going to lose.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2004-09-09 1:04:36 PM  

#2  Latham saying Australian involvement puts it at greater risk of terror attacks.

Been talkin' to Zapatero, eh? Maybe to Howard Dean? John Kerry?
Posted by: BigEd   2004-09-09 12:57:29 PM  

#1  Good on ya.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2004-09-09 7:08:08 AM  

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