"Yes, and remember the Balibo 5 journalists in East Timor murdered and the fact covered up.
Can never trust Indonesians, ..... funny thing about Islamics. "
Will we ever forget, Ravish?
But re "Can never trust Indonesians, ..... funny thing about Islamics. "", Sure, they are a danger, butI say maybe there are others we also cant trust......
Our Govt knew "the 5" were in danger, and an SAS rescue was arranged......and then stood down.....remember our Labor Govt of the time (and later) was always very close to Indonesia. Didnt we have a PM with a pig farm up there?
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SAS Balibo '75 plan was aborted
Daily Telegraph - December 21, 2006
Janet Fyfe-Yeomans – Crack SAS troops were poised to launch a secret mission into East Timor to rescue the five Australians three days before their deaths, but were ordered to stand down.
Special forces soldiers were disgusted when the operation was called off and they learned that the five – all journalists – had been killed, according to sources.
It is the first confirmation that the Australian Government considered moves to rescue the newsmen – a shocking secret held since they were killed by Indonesian invasion forces in Balibo in October 1975.
It will put further pressure on an inquest to be held in Sydney next year into the death of one of the five men, Brian Peters, to call former prime minister Gough Whitlam and his senior ministers and public servants to give evidence.
Channel 9 cameraman Peters, 24, and reporter Malcolm Rennie, 29, and Channel 7 reporter Greg Shackleton, 29, cameraman Gary Cunningham, 27, and sound recordist Tony Stewart, 21, died while covering the Indonesian invasion of East Timor.
The fresh claims of an aborted SAS rescue mission will further embarrass the government over its relationship with Indonesia.
The troops were virtually on the tarmac at Darwin awaiting the signal to sneak into East Timor and bring out the five newsmen, although the SAS soldiers did not know they were journalists until later, according to sources.
"They were denied ministerial approval, turned around and sent back to the barracks in Perth," said one source. "As a result, there was a lot of dissatisfaction within the unit.
"They had done countless jobs around the world for their country, known or unknown to the general public and this was the kind of operation they were trained for."
http://www.asia-pacific-solidarity.net/southeastasia/easttimor/netnews/2006/end_12v5.htm#SAS Balibo '75 plan was aborted
Unbelievable? There were a lot of sources on this years back. Hercules were reportedly on standby at Darwin.....and then "the 5" were abandoned.
But on trusting Indonesia, here is some light reading on connections between the Indonesian military and terror..
http://www.communitywebs.org/austeasttimorfriendship/issue_militaryties.html
GZ
