[Australian Arabic Council chairperson Roland Jabbour issued the following statement on October 8.]
In principle, we support any action against international terrorism in all its forms. However, we are concerned that the latest attacks on
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REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
Howard Zinn on WarBy Howard ZinnSeven Stories Press, 2001206 pages, $34.95 (pb)
With every militarist hothead in press and parliament lashing themselves into a frenzy over the war they have just started against Afghanistan,
BY AHMAD NIMER
RAMALLAH — Over the last week a new political term has entered the lexicon of Israeli political commentators and government spokespersons: "Arafat's Alatalena moment". The reference is to the ship which was shelled by the leader of
BY JIM GREEN
The terrorist attack in the United States on September 11 has led to renewed calls for the Australian government to cancel its plan to build a 20-megawatt nuclear research reactor in the southern Sydney suburb of Lucas Heights. But the
BY ROHAN PEARCE
SYDNEY — "The attacks on Afghanistan are already costing lives. There are lots of people who can see the hypocrisy of George Bush calling for justice for the victims of the September 11 attacks and then bombing Afghanistan and
BY NORM DIXON
On October 7, US President George Bush announced that the shooting war component of the US military's "Operation Enduring Freedom" was underway. But perhaps a more apt title for the US war on Afghanistan would be Operation Enduring
BY RENFREY CLARKE
In a cave in a remote valley of the Hindu Kush, a bearded man is holed up. He is the person responsible, more than any other, for the worst outrages of modern terrorism. He must be located, captured, killed.
How to find him? He
BY OWEN RICHARDS
SYDNEY — A student occupation of the Goolangullia Aboriginal unit at the Bankstown campus of the University of Western Sydney has entered its third week. The occupation — a rejection of a university restructure and its effects
BY ROB INDER-SMITH
DARWIN — Socialist Alliance senate candidate Gary Meyerhoff dropped a bombshell on live television on October 4 when he suggested that Northern Territory's chief minister Clare Martin had "just lied to us on national TV" about
BY HEBA SALEH
CAIRO — As the United States raises the battle cry against terrorism, Algeria's military rulers — struggling with their own Islamist opposition — can clearly see an opportunity coming their way. Often criticised for their human
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