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http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s804317.htm Australian Broadcasting Company March 11, 2003 Senior Australian intelligence officer quits over Iraq A senior Australian intelligence officer has quit in protest over Australia's support for a possible war against Iraq. Andrew Wilkie, a senior analyst at the Office of National Assessments (ONA), says the Australian Government's policy on Iraq is "dumb" and "not worth the risk". The ONA directly advises the Prime Minister on intelligence and security. Mr Wilkie has told Channel Nine he can no longer remain there because of his opposition to Australia's stance on Iraq. "Going to war against Iraq, invading Iraq is exactly the course of action that is most likely to cause Saddam to do the things that we are trying to prevent," he said. "To cause him to lash out recklessly and to use weapons of mass destruction and maybe to play the terrorism card." The director-general of ANO Kim Jones says Mr Wilkie was employed in the transnational issues branch, which does not deal with matters relating to Iraq. However he says he did write a recent report on the implications of war on refugees. "I deeply regret that this has happened, the views that he has expressed are not the views of ONA," he said. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bdn7KI.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^================================================================
