Yesterday, the SMH managed an almost total negative spin on the Iraq elections. Today there are some positives but the emphasis is still on the bombers. According to some areas of the press the thirty or forty people killed yesterday are more important than the millions who participated in the poll. Births are never bloodless, [...]

Leyton has been beaten at the Australian Open. Dissapointing, but the thing to remember is that he actually played in the final which is a better record than most of the hacks who are currently writing up their pieces for tomorrows press. Well done mate – you tried.

Poor Habib has developed emotional and psychological problems from his imprisonment. During his imprisonment others have suffered slit throats, dismemberment by suicide bombing and beheading for minor crimes. Not long before his imprisonment thousands of poor souls suffered a senseless death in New York where Habib’s mates visited hell on the innocents. His American lawyer, [...]

From Defence Media Australian soldiers were involved in two separate incidents earlier today at approximately 10 am Baghdad time, involving Anti-Iraq Forces. The first incident occurred when the ADF Security Detachment (SECDET) was engaged with small arms fire in the vicinity of the Australian Embassy. Fortunately there were no Australian casualties resulting from this incident. [...]

I have included an Iraqi blog titled Friends of Democracy specifically dealing with the elections later this week in Iraq. All readers of an open mind might like to follow it through to the elections. Those who only seek negative views about Iraq so as to bolster their anti Bush/US/Howard agenda should best stay away. [...]

After my lucky escape in Vung Tau we rode the hydrofoil to Saigon and booked at the Oscar Hotel for the night before going on to Nha Trang the next day. That night I figured we should go and have a beer at the Rex Hotel. Famous during the war as a residence for Generals [...]

this just in from Defence Media Iraq incident involving Australian Security Detachment Australian soldiers from the Security Detachment responded to an incident yesterday where shots were fired at a man after he was observed acting suspiciously in the vicinity of the Australian Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. Prior to the shooting, the man was driving a [...]

I recall Weird Whitlam gutting the Army for having the temerity to fight his Communist mates and am saddened by the fact that us professional soldiers didn’t do something to stop the rot. It occurs to me that we could have tried to sell our Tanks, artillery pieces, APCs and M16 rifles to help fund [...]

A report from England publsihed in today’s Australian suggests a huge proportion of Airforce women are sexually harrassed. I take all such reports with a grain of salt as the first question is – What defines sexuall harrassment? In my day, everything up to hearing the words NO was OK and it was known colloqually [...]

This just in from Defence Media. HMAS Ballarat At approximately 4pm Sydney time, the Australian Navy’s ANZAC Class Frigate HMAS Ballarat ran aground at Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. The ship was engaged in Operation Relex II, a border protection activity, at the time. No one was injured. The full extent of the damage [...]