by smithtalk » Sun Jul 23, 2006 11:55 pm
from <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.julyseventh.co.uk/july-7-timeline.html">www.julyseventh.co.uk/jul...eline.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>4th July 2005<br>The British government announce a ‘significant’ withdrawal of UK troops from Iraq over the next 18 months. Ministers from France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK met up in France to promote the agenda of electronic national ID cards; also, they agreed to step up the anti-terrorist struggle: 4-6th July<br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/jul/03eu-g5-meeting.htm">www.statewatch.org/news/2...eeting.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>australia is not so simple,<br>there has been almost no casualties for australians in afghanistan or iraq, the media is utterly compliant and there is no debate about troops out or announcements of withdrawals,<br>howard has repeatedly given an open ended commitment,<br>however, there is no doubt that the first kuta bombing brought the message to australains that 'islamists' were everywhere, could strike us, we should be scared and let the government go along fully with the war on terror,<br>that paradigm has not changed at all <p></p><i></i>