Guest guest Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 AUSTRALIA DEPORTS U.S. PEACE ACTIVIST FOR ENCOURAGING " SPIRITED " PROTEST http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/parkin-deported-to-us-fbi-says-hes-welcome/2\ 005/09/15/1126377402578.html While the Australian government has successfully deported U.S. peace activist Scott Parkin, the public backlash grows. A friend of Parkin's, Iain Murray, told journalists, " There's about as much evidence of Scott representing a threat as there's been evidence found of weapons of mass destruction [in Iraq]. " After citing " national security " grounds for the decision, a spokesman for Attorney General Phillip Ruddock told a journalist that while Parkin had peacefully protested the U.S. military contracting company Halliburton, he encouraged " spirited " protest action. The Age cited sources who said Parkin was being deported because he taught " techniques for preventing police from taking protesters away for arrest. " Former Australian Office of National Assessments analyst Andrew Wilkie said " if he was genuinely any sort of security threat, well they wouldn't just send him out of the country, ... he'd be charged. " SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald, September 15, 2005 For more information or to comment on this story, visit: http://www.prwatch.org/node/3989 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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