John Howard's Head is in the Sand: Australia IS Predisposed to Terrorist Attacks for Going to War in Iraq

John Howard's Head is in the Sand: Australia IS Predisposed to Terrorist Attacks for Going to War in Iraq

  John Howard told reporters in London that terrorist attacks were motivated by a hatred of the West, not by the war in Iraq.

London bombing victim Louise Barry had asked Australian Prime Minister John Howard last night whether the attacks that killed 55 people, one of them Australian, had anything to do with the war in Iraq.

During his bedside visit to see Ms Barry at University College in London, the Australian woman asked Mr Howard if he believed the bombings were linked to the conflict in Iraq.Read here for more

John Howard has denied that Australia could at greater risk of terrorist attacks because of its close ties with the United States.

But a report released in Britain by the Royal Institute of International Affairs said the invasion of Iraq and ongoing occupation by allied troops had been a boon for al-Qaeda, the terrorist group believed to be behind this month's deadly London bombings.Read here for more on the Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs) Report

In Australia, the New South Wales Deputy Police Commissioner, Andrew Scipione, has pleaded to Sydney Muslims to work with police to "keep Australia safe" and prevent a terrorist attack he fears is virtually inevitable.

Asked if he thought Australia was more of a target because of its role in Iraq, Mr Scipione said:

"I've read some recent reports that suggest we are one of the 'coalition of the willing'

… The commentaries would then suggest we are very much a target, based on our stance globally.

But that's the reality, that's the way it is."

Mr Scipione, who heads the police counter-terrorism command, said plots had been foiled in Sydney.

He was operating on the basis of WHEN, not if, a terrorist attack would happen.Read here for more

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