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August 01, 2005
Rudd: Howard Should Come Clean on Iraq War
"I think people are getting a bit grumpy about the fact that the prime minister is not levelling with them about the consequences of the war in Iraq in this particular area," Kevin Rudd, the Australian Labor Party foreign spokesman, said August 1, 2005, according to News.com.au.
The particular area is the bombing of the Australian embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, in September 2004. News.com.au noted that, "The Australian newspaper said a man called Rois, also known as Iwan Dharmawan, told police the Australian embassy in Jakarta had been deliberately chosen as a bomb target because of Australia's support for the United States in Iraq.
Mr. Rudd told ABC radio, according to News.com.au: "I think it is time for the PM (Prime Minister John Howard) just to level with the Australian people on that. It is a commonsense question."
"The PM, I think, wants to persuade everyone that Iraq, and our involvement in Iraq has had no impact whatsoever on Australia as a terrorist target." Here's more.
Posted by Munir Umrani at August 1, 2005 01:48 AM
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