AUSTRALIA: Who cares about history and legal precedence when 3,000 people died in 9-11 in the USA?

Who cares about history and legal precedence when john HoWARd took us to an illegal and degrading war that would last for years and terrorise the whole community at large?

Who cares about history and legal precedence when our citizenry have been kidnapped and tortured?

Who cares about history and legal precedence when our citizenry are alleged to be terrorists, suspected, and detained indefinitely as scapegoats for the war on terror, which is terror?

Who cares about history and legal precedence when 182 people died in Bali?

Who cares about history and legal precedence when 50 people died in bombings in the UK?

Who cares about history and legal precedence when you can't go on holiday's and travel oversease in peace?

Who cares about history and legal precedence when 27 people died in Bali?

Who cares about history and legal precedence when the major political parties do not oppose illegal and degrading war?

Who cares about history and legal precedence when we are surrounded by 80 terrorists who have done training and are ready to blow us all up?

Raising the stakes

Who cares about history and legal precedence when we could be taken out by a dirty bomb any time soon?

Who cares about history and legal precedence when we are surrounded by 800 terrorists who have done training and are ready to blow us all up?

So for all these reasons you should be terrified of history and legal precedence?

ARE YOU TERRIFIED ENOUGH TRUTH-SEEKER?

THEN - DON'T BE SILENCED! DEFEND CIVIL RIGHTS, MUSLIMS, BRING THE TROOPS HOME

12 noon NOVEMBER 5 @ BELMORE PARK, SYDNEY, opp. Central station

SPEAKERS:
* Daryl Melham (ALP)
* Senator Kerry Nettle (Greens)
* Socialist Alliance
* Council for Civil Liberties
* Australian Muslim Civil Rights Network
* CFMEU

More Info: 0401 900 690 or 0404 015 789

Note: A PDF OF THE RALLY FLYER entitled "November 5 leaflet.PDF" is available at Stop the War's Yahoo! website: If you create a Yahoo! ID you can log in to download and print the leaflet and/or forward it to others...

READ THE LATEST MEDIA RELEASE ABOUT THE RALLY

More:  http://www.stopwarcoalition.org/

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