Seven months after the invasion of Iraq,the Defence Department said it was time to cut Australia’s troop presence. Secret documents reveal how the plan was thwarted.
Whistleblowers are often complicated people – take David McBride,who will soon discover his punishment for leaking classified military documents.
In April,when Iran launched its first direct attack on Israel,we explored how Tehran projects power in the region – and why it regards the United States as ‘the great Satan’.
Boat arrivals in Australia last week has again cast light on Indonesia’s treatment of refugees,and Australia’s role in their care.
The newspapers defending former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation appeal say one of their key witnesses gave truthful evidence about a murder.
The witnesses – who detailed the killing of villager Ali Jan by Australian soldier Ben Roberts-Smith – should be believed,despite efforts by the disgraced soldier’s legal team to undermine their credibility,a court has been told.
Former military lawyer David McBride’s legal team hoped he would avoid jail because he exposed problems in the national interest. Now they are thinking the worst.
The move comes less than 24 hours after two bomb blasts targeted the offices of different political leaders in north-west Balochistan province.
Crown prosecutor Sean Flood said the former SAS soldier’s background as a “highly trained former military officer” meant he was in a better position to engage in “hand-to-hand combat”.
Thousands of emails between Seven West Media executives and disgraced former SAS corporal Ben Roberts-Smith’s legal team will be released to commercial rival Nine.
International headlines are focused on Gaza,but another humanitarian crisis looms with Pakistan’s threatened deportation of 1.7 million people to Afghanistan.