al Qaeda Oz ?

(Friday) Earlier comments  here. Now, 'Australia's Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has warned that "a small number" of Australians have joined al-Qaeda. [...] Australian papers have identified the man[...] as former soldier Matthew Stewart. [...] A statement issued by the family denied the man in the video was Matthew Stewart, who left the Australian army in 2001 after serving in East Timor'.

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John McCririck, racing commentator for Channel 4, criticized Tony Blair for not attending the Robin Cook's funeral. Strangely, he did not agree with  Cook's views on Iraq (interview on C4 News with him just off the train from Edinburgh).