[R-G] 'This happened because Australia followed Bush'

[Richard Singer]

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> ABC (with additional material by Guardian). 16 October 2002. Australians
> vent anger at PM over ties with US after Bali blast.
>
> SYDNEY -- Australians vented frustration at their Government in letters
> to newspapers on Tuesday, blaming Prime Minister John Howard's close
> relationship with the United States for making their country a target
> for the bombing in Bali.
>
> Maggi and Doug Luke, the parents of Hanabeth Luke whose Cornish
> boyfriend Marc Gajardo was killed in the bombing, say they will be
> organising a demonstration with the parents of others affected by the
> attack in protest at Australia's support for a war on Iraq.
>
> "This has happened because Australia has followed George Bush, otherwise
> they would have attacked a target in another country. This is why the
> love of our daughter's life has been killed," said Maggi Luke.
>
> "The majority of people here do not want to follow Bush. They don't want
> to put their children at risk."
>
> "No, Mr Howard, there was nothing indiscriminate about the Bali blast,"
> said a Melbourne doctor in a letter to the editor of the Sydney Morning
> Herald.
>
> "Think about it: why would terrorists want to target Australians? Get
> the message: we don't want you to suck up to George Bush."
>
> "Is it too harsh to argue that the egos of John Howard and (Foreign
> Minister) Alexander Downer and their desperate desire to be taken
> seriously on the world stage are responsible for the deaths of so many
> Australians in this weekend's Bali bombings?" asked Ken Webb in the
> Daily Telegraph.
>
> The issue was also the focus of discussions on talk radio, a popular
> forum for public debate in the country, with a general theme being "just
> leave them (terrorists) alone."
>
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