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2005-04-16 Down Under

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Posted by God Save The World 2005-04-16 7:16:57 PM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 and this is page 1, why?

Posted by Frank G 2005-04-16 7:58:27 PM|| 2005-04-16 7:58:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I think it's at least page 2, if not page 1. This is probably going to provoke a severe crisis in the relationship between Australia and Indonesia. She's getting a much more severe sentence for being an unwilling or unknowing mule than the surviving plotters of the Bali attack did for their crimes.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-04-16 9:03:56 PM|| [http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2005-04-16 9:03:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 no disrespect to the lady or her ordeal, but she hardly smuggled C4. She F*&ked up and got caught with 9lbs of pot....I agree the sentence is harsh, just trying to keep perspective

Posted by Frank G 2005-04-16 9:51:29 PM|| 2005-04-16 9:51:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Indonesia and Malaysia both execute Western "drug smugglers" (real or framed) on a regular basis. No one ever cares, except for the families involved. The Australian gov't won't do shit, and neither would the US if it were an American citizen. Good point about the Bali bombers though, there's nothing right, or just, about anything in this situation.

Posted by Sheik Abu Bin Ali Al-Yahood 2005-04-16 11:28:09 PM|| 2005-04-16 11:28:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 PF: This is probably going to provoke a severe crisis in the relationship between Australia and Indonesia.

I agree. That Bali sentence and now this. Even if she was smuggling drugs into Indonesia, this is not going to be good for people (typically on the Aussie left) who say that Australia needs to become part of Asia.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-04-16 11:58:25 PM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-04-16 11:58:25 PM|| Front Page Top

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