On May 8, 1:10 am, "rubina.namatjira"
wrote:
the USA need to unload their worn out scrap somewhere
why not sell it to the dumb aussie taxpayers
they are too drunk on football to notice , and when its time for the
usa to take over their country , the aussies will be like sitting
ducks
> On May 7, 7:08 pm, "Charlie.Sadadeen"
> wrote:
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> >http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/8916/m1a1aussiedt4po2.jpg
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> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Australian_Army_bases
>
AUSTRALIA'S newly acquired $560 million fleet of second hand scrap
metal /Abrams tanks can be easily disabled by the latest generation
shoulder-fired rocket launcher, a government-funded think tank has
warned.
>
> > second hand scrap metal repainted for the cameras
>
> > But the 59 refurbished M1A1 Abrams, bought from the US by the Howard
> > government, still offer better protection than their ageing German
> > Leopard-1 predecessors, says a paper from theAustralian Strategic
> > Policy Institute.
>
Unlike the latest US M1A2 model, the Australian variant is protected
by ceramic plate instead of superior depleted uranium armour, the
ASPI
says in its latest report on army capability.
>
> > thats why the yanks scrapped them , and howard signed up silly aussie
> > taxpaers who are too drunk on football to care
>
> > "Although it provides good protection against early-model shoulder-
> > fired anti-armour weapons now prevalent in the region, it is
> > vulnerable to advanced Russian systems proliferating elsewhere,
> > including the Middle East," it says.
>
The paper singling out the 70-tonne behemoths emerged yesterday as
Kevin Rudd lashed the former government for wasting taxpayers'
dollars
on questionable defence purchases.
>
"There has been billions of dollars in defence waste - in one major
project after another. This has got to stop," he told the NSW Labor
conference.
>
> > The Abrams was always a controversial purchase, with critics claiming
> > the new-generation Leopard-2 tank was Australia's best option.
>
> > $500m Abrams tanks in the wars | NEWS.com.au
> > 23 Sep 2006 ... THE army's newest frontline weapon, the Abrams battle
> > tank, arrived in Australia yesterday and immediately encountered
> > problems, ...www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20460399-2,00.html-Similar pa=
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> > Note this
> > Reader's Comments: $500m Abrams tanks in the wars | News.com.au
> > 23 Sep 2006 ... Most of the people here, including the writer of this
> > news story have no idea about the Abrams tanks or Australia's purchase
> > of them. ...www.news.com.au/comments/0,23600,20460399-2,00.html-Similar =
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> > Note this
> > Australian abram battle tanks. - Military Photos
> > Australian abram battle tanks. Equipment and Gear.www.militaryphotos.net=
/forums/showthread.php?t=3D93487-84k - Cached -
> > Similar pages - Note this
> > USA Tank M1 Abrams US Army, Main Battle Tank
> > The Australian Army has ordered 59 M1A1 Abram tanks by General Dynamic
> > Land systems. These tanks will be delivered to the army in june and
> > december 2006. ...www.worldwide-military.com/Army%20Material/EU,US%20Tan=
ks/M1A1%20Abram...
> > - 15k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
> > Army Technology - M1A1 / M1A2 Abrams - Main Battle Tank
> > News and project information on the M1A1 / M1A2 Abrams main battle
> > tank. ... The first 18 tanks were delivered to the Australian Army at
> > the School of ...www.army-technology.com/projects/abrams/-22k - Cached -=
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> > pages - Note this
> > Army - The Soldiers' Newspaper
> > 30 Nov 2006 ... =93The ability for Australian tank crewman to get steel
> > on target is ... said it had been a privilege to train with 1TB on the
> > Abrams Tank. ...www.defence.gov.au/news/armynews/editions/1157/features/=
feature01.htm
> > - 20k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
> > The World Today - US analysts question purchase of Abrams tanks
> > With the purchase of the Abrams tanks, Australia's decided to maintain
> > a force which can fight high intensity, conventional warfare. ...www.abc=
.net.au/worldtoday/content/2004/s1066300.htm-17k - Cached -
> > Similar pages - Note this
> > Arming Australia - National -www.smh.com.au
> > Should Australia structure its defence forces to look after itself and
> > the ... Beazley agrees: "You try and stick the Abrams tank into the
> > middle of Timor ...www.smh.com.au/news/National/Arming-Australia/2005/03=
/24/111152528817...
> > - Similar pages - Note this
> > Why buy Abrams Tanks? We need to look at more appropriate options ...
> > The government has announced Australia is to acquire, at a cost of
> > about A$550 million, 59 American Abrams tanks "to replace the ageing
> > Leopards", ...www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=3D2104-39k - Cac=
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> > Similar pages - Note this
> > Main Battle Tank - M1, M1A1, and M1A2 Abrams
> > Production of new M1A1 and M1A2 Abrams tanks is in its final phase for
> > Foreign Military Sales. In March 2004, the Australian Army announced
> > the purchase of ...www.fprado.com/armorsite/abrams.htm-157k - Cached - S=
imilar pages -
> > Note this
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> The Lindsay pamphlet scandal is an Australian electoral scandal in
> which Liberal Party volunteers distributed fake election pamphlets,
> claiming to be from an Islamic organisation that was later found not
> to exist.
>
> The incident made national and even international headlines on
> November 21, 2007, four days before the 2007 Australian Federal
> election.[1]
>
> The retiring Liberal member of parliament representing the federal
> Division of Lindsay, Jackie Kelly, was forced to explain why her
> husband, local orthodontist Gary Clark, was caught distributing the
> pamphlets with four other people.[
>
> 2] The pamphlets, claiming to be from "The Islamic Australia
> Federation", thanked the Australian Labor Party (ALP) for supporting
> terrorists involved with the 2002 Bali bombings.[3] The scandal
> disrupted the election campaign of Prime Minister John
>
> see copy
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay_pamphlet_scandal
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> A FEDERAL Liberal candidate's husband has been convicted and fined
> $750 for handing out racist leaflets in the lead-up to last year's
> election.
>
> Greg Alex Chijoff,pleaded guilty to one count of distributing the
> unauthorised leaflets in the western Sydney seat of Lindsay.
>
> Mrs Chijoff had hoped to secure the seat for the party, replacing
> sitting Liberal member Jackie Kelly, but the scam was the final nail
> in the ailing campaign of the Howard government.
>
> Chijoff's lawyer Oliver Hagen submitted his client had admitted to his
> involvement immediately,.
>
> He had since resigned his membership of the Liberal Party and wrote a
> letter of apology to its state director just days after the incident,
> Mr Hagen said.
>
> "
> To admit to the crime was a "measure of the man", he submitted.
>
> At the Downing Centre Local Court this afternoon, Magistrate Ian
> Barnett convicted Chijoff and ordered he pay $750, plus court costs of
> $70.
>
> http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23659695-5001021,...
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Chijoff
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> is chijoff a CIA or a Mossad under cover agent
>
> Policies produced in a puff of smoke ...
>
> Samuel Taylor Coleridge produced the famous poem Kubla Khan while in
> an opium-induced state. Now Mark Latham admits he was a dope smoker. I
> can just see it now ... after polishing off Karl Marx's epic communist
> manifesto Das Kapital Mark lit up some party cones, inhaled,
> pontificated, then produced the bestseller Civilising Global Capital.
> I shudder what mind-altering substances he may turn to in order to
> produce his eagerly awaited economic and taxation policies.
>
> Greg Chijoff, Glenmore Park, July 24.
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> letter to the editor 2004
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> Author should apologise for such hurtful exploitation - Letters ... -
> 4:26am
> Greg Chijoff, Glenmore Park, July 24. Bill Clinton smoked dope and
> hadn't inhaled. Mark Latham smoked dope and had inhaled. John Howard
> is waiting for ...www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/25/1090693832724.html?fr=
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> Gregory Chijoff schrieb im Beitrag
> <33FB82F4.A5FED...@rta.nsw.gov.au>...
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> > I have an original 2-touch Canon FD lens which is surplus to my needs.
> > Very good condition. Glass - excellent. Front and end caps. Manual
> > focus,
> > but FD enabled. Designed for A-1, AE-1, T50, T70 type bodies.
> > Asking $160 USD + postage.
> > Greg Chijoff
> > Sydney Australia
> > mail...@earthling.net
>
> Greetings all!
> I need a little hand here...
> I would like to automate a CA/400 connection to the AS/400. I have
> drive
> I: on a Win95 PC connecting the AS400\QDLS\LIBRARY, but the damned
> signon propmt box always comes on when the PC gets rebooted. Anyway to
> automate this? I've tries the LOGONUSR.EXE tool on the CA/400
> developer's site... It appears to execute, but how does Explorer use
> it
> to map a drive through QDLS? Any ideas, anybody? All and any help
> greatly appreciated!
>
> Greg Chijoff
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