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There was a spurious relief in the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February: no more need for pretending, or false diplomacy, even no need for talk about rights and wrongs.
It is back to the raw power days, Russian tanks in Budapest in 1956, then again in Prague in 1968. Attempts at political reform and opening to the West came to that.
The last days of Summer saw little easing of the heat of conflict in Eastern Ukraine. … Read More »
The 40th soldier killed during the Australian commitment in Afghanistan, Corporal Cameron Stewart Baird, was awarded the Victoria Cross on 13.2.14. … Read More »
The main Australian force has pulled out of Afghanistan shutting down its base at Tarin Kot in Uruzgan province.
The commitment as part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) had 1500 personnel in diverse roles; the main body ending its time as a mentoring force for Afghan army units. … Read More »
Allied forces have killed a former Afghan soldier who shot and wounded two of his comrades in uniform, and seriously wounded three Australian soliders, in Ourzgan province, in November 2011. … Read More »
A team commander with the Australian commandos in Afghanistan – Corporal Cameron Stewart Baird– has been killed in fighting in the South of the country; with two others wounded.
The action coincided with a service in Australia to open a memorial to soldiers lost in the Afghan conflict. … Read More »
A third Australian soldier has today been awarded the Victoria Cross for valour in Afghanistan.
Corporal Daniel Keighran, 29, from Nambour in Queensland, received the highest military honour, a continuance of British VCs awarded in the past, from the Governor General, Quentin Bryce (picture), in Canberra. … Read More »