Bush ally Howard ( Australian PM) caught in lie

[the Kelly Gang]

Australian PM John Howard won the last election on the strength of a claim that fleeing refugees from Afghanistan and Iraq , heading to Australia on boats threatened to throw their children overboard if they were not given santuary, thus demonising them as sub-humans .
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Call for inquiry into PM revelation

Reith adviser blows whistle on PM

"Revelations that Prime Minister John Howard was told before the 2001 federal election that asylum seekers did not throw children off a boat sparked calls today for an independent inquiry.

Mike Scrafton, an adviser to former Defence Minister Peter Reith, has written a letter to The Australian newspaper to clear the air over the "children overboard" affair.

Mr Scrafton said in the letter he had had three telephone conversations with Mr Howard on November 7, 2001.

He said he told Mr Howard that a videotape of the incident did not support the proposition that children had been thrown overboard "

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/16/1092508317706.html

[Cha]

1. Good! I hope this is the death knell to howard's

re-election hopes.

[Skip Intro]

2. Liars lie - that's what they do.

May they reap what they have sown.

[movonne]

3. I hope we get them all out...next Italy.

[Luna_Chick]

4. Another bit of help for Labour

I wonder if Howie will ever pull his head in and live to regret jumping on the chimpy bandwagon?:nopity:

[Cha]

8. Sounds like he was lyin' way before

chimpy .. so he was a natural to go chimp's way.

[Matilda]

5. The Australian also has the story, interesting since it's Murdoch.

The whole affair is in David Marr's book Dark Victory - makes
extremely interesting reading, lots of info that never came out
at the time.

Howard's chickens seem to be coming home to roost.

[the Kelly Gang]

6. I think News Ltd is hedging it's bets

[BillZBubb]

7. John Howard lied? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you!

Howard is a joke. For some reason, he thought licking Bush*s butt was good politics. Go figure.