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    Uproar in Australia after a “secret record” of the Iraq War was revealed

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    Alsumaria News - International

    Australia revealed on Monday secret papers related to participation in the war on Iraq in 2003, which include the secret minutes of the Australian Council of Ministers, while revealing many weak points in the decision to participate in the war, such as the Council of Ministers’ reliance on verbal reports from the Australian Prime Minister. To participate in the war without providing adequate reports and information about the justifications for the war and its costs to Australia.


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    [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]joined the US-led invasion of Iraq, one of the most controversial decisions made by[url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/105630/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86 %D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF/ar/]John Howard[/url]as Prime Minister, without submitting a formal Cabinet report containing a full risk analysis, according to Australian media descriptions.



    Cabinet papers published by the[url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/343045743/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%81 %D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86%D9%8A/ar/]National Archives[/url]on Monday show that full[url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/1122135457/%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3 %D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1/ar/]Council of Ministers[/url]Signed the decision on March 18, 2003, based on “verbal reports from the Prime Minister.”

    The record of the Cabinet's decision does not include any reference to any doubt about the continued possession of weapons of mass destruction by former Iraqi President[url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/59559/%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85 %D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86/ar/]Saddam Hussein[/url], indicating that “this main justification for the war has fallen away after months of failed search operations after the invasion.”

    The document stated, “The Cabinet indicated”Also,[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]'s goal in participating in any military action is to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction."

    [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]'s willingness to join the "coalition of the willing" assembled by then US[url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/58538/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3 %D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC %D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88 %D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B4/ar/]President George W. Bush[/url], with the support of UK Prime Minister[url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/1975129991/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A %D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1/ar/]Tony Blair[/url], was highly controversial. Significant at the time.

    Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Australian cities in February 2003 - a month before the official decision was issued - to protest the Iraq War. future

    MP,[url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/2806097936/%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88 %D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A/ar/]Andrew Wilkie[/url], resigned from the[url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/2615213183/%D9%85%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A8 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA %D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9/ar/]Office of National Assessments[/url]in protest on 11 March 2003. When Howard announced the government's decision one week later. The then Labor leader, Simon Crean, said it was a “black day for[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]"

    Many of the government's key strategic calls appear to have been made by the secret Cabinet[url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/879609340/%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A9 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%86 %D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A/ar/]National Security Committee[/url], which has not been disclosed. Its records, but Cabinet documents show that Howard took the matter to his entire cabinet for approval on March 18, 2003, and this occurred without detailed paperwork.

    “There has been no report to the Cabinet on the costs, benefits and implications of[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]'s entry into the war," Associate Professor David Lee of the University of New South Wales Canberra wrote in an article on the 2003 Cabinet Papers.

    A six-page Cabinet minute dated March 18, 2003, said Howard briefed his ministers on his “ extensive discussions over a period of time” with Bush and Blair “concerning the disarmament of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and the potential use of force against Iraq if it fails to disarm.” Howard told the

    Cabinet that he had received a phone call from Bush earlier that day to formally request that “”[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]Participate in military action by a coalition to remove weapons of mass destruction from Iraq.”

    Bush told Howard that the United States would issue a “final ultimatum.” "For Iraq very soon. Within two days, the war was in full swing.

    The ministers referred to an 'oral briefing' from the then Commander of the Australian Defense Force,[url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/2430010047/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1 %D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81/ar/]Peter Cosgrove[/url], and the Chief of Air Forces,[url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/4188562701/%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B3 %D9%87%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86/ar/]Angus Houston[/url], on the readiness of Australian forces already 'pre-deployed' in the Middle East


    This briefing apparently included “the potential risks of military action in Iraq, including risks to Iraqi civilians, other civilians and various elements of the unit as well as the scope of risk mitigation” – but details were not recorded in the Cabinet

    minutes . Acting Greens leader Nick McKim will denounce the Iraq war as "one of the worst foreign policy disasters in Australian history" and will call on the government to reform war powers.

    And he will say[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]Preventing governments from deploying the Australian Defense Forces in overseas conflicts without a binding vote in Parliament will ensure that no Australian Prime Minister can “repeat a mistake like[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]Without basic democratic oversight.”
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