APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, October 11, 2007

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APSNet for 20071011

Austral Peace and Security Network (APSNet)

Twice weekly report from the Nautilus Institute at RMIT, Australia.

Thursday 11 October 2007

  1. Accusations of Iranian Involvement in Afghanistan
  2. Australian Firm Involved in Fatal Shooting
  3. U.S.-Led Iraq Coalition Withering Fast
  4. Phase Two of the Fisheries Protection Survey and Charting Project
  5. Power Plays: Energy and Australia’s Security
  6. Sweeteners to Ease Uranium Objection
  7. Papuan Coalition Seeks Deal with Jakarta through Finnish Mediation

  1. Accusations of Iranian Involvement in Afghanistan, Tom Fayle with Anthony Bubalo, ABC, 2007-10-11

    Within hours of the death of an Australian soldier in a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan, suspicions were being aired as to whether the bomb involved might have been made in Iran. Defence minister Brendan Nelson said: “There’s no question that a variety of weapons including improvised explosive devices and explosively formed projectiles and other things are finding their way from Iran into both Iraq and Afghanistan”.

  2. Australian Firm Involved in Fatal Shooting, Sarah Smiles and Richard Baker, Age, 2007-10-11

    An Australian-run security company responsible for shooting dead two innocent Iraqi women on a Baghdad street could be prosecuted by the Iraqi Government as it seeks an end to legal immunity for foreign security firms. Unity Resources Group was established in NSW in 2000 by a former SAS commander. DFAT says the part of the company responsible for its security guards in Iraq is run out of the United Arab Emirates and registered in Singapore.

  3. U.S.-Led Iraq Coalition Withering Fast, William J. Kole, AP, 2007-10-09

    Britain’s decision to bring half of its 5,000 soldiers home from Iraq by spring is the latest blow to the U.S.-led coalition. The alliance is crumbling, and fast: excluding Americans, the multinational force was once 50,000 strong – by mid-2008, it will be down to 7,000.

  4. Phase Two of the Fisheries Protection Survey and Charting Project, Australian Defence Report, 2007-10-10

    The Department of Defence has chosen Perth-based Fugro Survey Pty Ltd to undertake Phase 2 of the Fisheries Protection Survey and Charting Project. The Fisheries Protection Survey and Charting Project will accelerate the charting of the Torres Strait to enable Defence and other enforcement agency vessels to navigate safely in currently uncharted waters to carry out enforcement operations.

  5. Power Plays: Energy and Australia’s Security, Michael Wesley, ASPI, 2007-10-11

    This report looks at the global demand for energy, its growth and the potential effects this has on Australia’s security. It examines Australia’s need to factor energy security into its foreign and defence policies, and develop a greater awareness of its dependence on fossil fuels.

  6. Sweeteners to Ease Uranium Objection, Katharine Murphy, Age, 2007-10-09

    The Government is considering options for a new royalty regime to apply to uranium mines in the NT, which would return profits to communities on Aboriginal land. A high-level uranium advisory group is also developing plans to remove impediments to new uranium mines, and pressing ahead with options designed to relax restrictions on transporting uranium ore on roads and through the nation’s ports.

  7. Papuan Coalition Seeks Deal with Jakarta through Finnish Mediation, RNZI, 2007-10-02

    The West Papua Coalition for National Liberation has embarked on a fresh drive for negotiations on greater democracy and self-determination for Papuans in Indonesia. The Coalition has asked for negotiations with the government to be supervised by an internationally recognised mediator. Finland, which helped broker a peace agreement between Indonesia’s government and the Free Aceh Movement in 2005, is willing to fill that role.


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