Reply #15: BBC article shows the REAL reason for "attack": pushing for martial law:

[Nothing Without Hope]

Just like our own lovely Bushies!!! Howard is a bird of a feather, inciting fear and xeonphobia to grab more power and destroy civil liberties.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4413338.stm
Last Updated: Monday, 7 November 2005, 07:15 GMT

Australia plans army terror role

By Phil Mercer
BBC News, Sydney

The Australian government is planning to bring in new laws to allow for the rapid deployment of troops to support police against any terrorist attack.

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The move comes days after Prime Minister John Howard introduced tough new anti-terror laws into parliament.

Critics have insisted these new laws have more to do with politics than national security.

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Green party Senator Kerry Nettle said the move to give the army greater powers was a cynical ploy by the government to divert attention away from its controversial industrial relations legislation.

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Yep, surely does sound familiar, except that people didn't have to die in masses to support the political power play -- yet.