Thursday, 17 February 2011

Growing proof of terrorist, organised crime links - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

"The Australian Crime Commission has told a parliamentary inquiry that terrorism and organised crime should not be treated separately, saying there is growing evidence they are linked."

A message to Tony Abbott - Unleashed (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

"There is a minority of Muslims in Australia – a telephone box minority – who say and do wild things."

EXCLUSIVE: An Interview With Former Guantanamo Detainee David Hicks

"David Hicks was one of the first 'war on terror' detainees to be sent to Guantanamo the day the prison facility opened on January 11, 2002. He is one of the small group of detainees who challenged the President George W. Bush's November 13, 2001 executive order authorizing indefinite detention, which led to a landmark 2004 Supreme Court case, Rasul v. Bush, in which the High-Court said detainees have the right to habeas corpus. Hicks spent five-and-a-half years at Guantanamo and was tortured. Last October, he published a memoir, 'Guantanamo: My Journey.' This is his first interview since his release from Guantanamo in 2007."

Almost all Afghans allowed to stay | Perth Now

"NINETY-SIX per cent of Afghan asylum claims finalised last year were successful, challenging the Gillard government's assurances that people-smuggling rackets can be smashed by sending bogus refugees home in droves."