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While I agree with most of the material passed on I may not be in agreement with all. However there is much we can learn from some that we disagree with. Remember it was once thought that the earth was flat.

It is left to your judgment to determine what you agree with and what to act upon.

Debt Repaid to Aborigines

Graeme Campbell MHR, founder of the Australia First political Party, had stated that the respected Aboriginal leader from the Kimberley, Billy King, said when he stated that any debt owing to the Aboriginal people was paid in full in 1942 when the Japanese attempted to invade Australia.

From available documents it is clear that, had the Japanese conquered our nation, they would have exterminated all the Aborigines. As Mr King said it was overwhelmingly white Australia that fought and died, fighting for everyone's freedom (Breakthrough, the Australia First Newsletter), March 1998).

Whilst some Aborigines fought in World War Two, it is obvious that without the sacrifices of white Australians, the Japanese would have killed every single Aborigine. Aborigines are alive to day because of that.

Has the Aboriginal community publicly acknowledged that?

With the hindsight of Japanese behaviour during World War Two, one can use one's imagination about what they would have done to Aboriginal women before killing them.

And the only "land-rights" they would have given Aborigines would have been about the size of their graves.

Australia 'faces security dilemma': US

13:18 AEST Mon Aug 8 2005

A US think tank says Australia faces a major security dilemma with its vast land mass, a small population and a growing Muslim community creating the potential for a terrorist support network.

In an analysis of Australia's terrorist outlook following the attacks in London, United States private sector intelligence group Stratfor said Australian intelligence agencies were taking the threat seriously and had lifted their vigilance.

Stratfor said Australia had long been a difficult venue for terrorists, mainly because of its small Muslim immigrant population and lack of a network of safe houses and logistic support.

But that had changed with the arrival of significant number of Muslim immigrants since the 1980s.

"The growth of these communities has created the potential for a terrorist support network," it said.

"Melbourne and Sydney have growing populations of poor immigrants in urban areas that could provide recruitment and support bases for terrorist operatives."

On July 21 - the same day as the failed London Underground bombings - NSW deputy police commissioner Andrew Scipione said it was just a matter of time before a terrorist attack occurred in Australia, Stratfor said.

Since September 11, 2001, terrorists had targeted Australians abroad, at Bali in October 2002, the JW Marriott Hotel in Jakarta in October 2003 and the Australian Embassy in Jakarta in October 2004.

As well, militants had been arrested in Australia, including Frenchman Willie Brigitte who was deported back to France in October 2003.

"It does face a serious vulnerability in that the country has vast, sparsely populated areas that are difficult to patrol - places where terrorist activities could go unnoticed," it said.

"As more immigrants come into the country and jihadist reprisals against countries that participate in the US-led coalition in Iraq loom, Australia is taking the possibility of a terrorist attacks at home seriously."

©AAP 2005