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Photo Gallery - Australian troops in East Timor
news.com.au ^ | 28th May 2006

Posted on 05/27/2006 5:53:57 PM PDT by naturalman1975


Rapid ... commandos secure Dili airport as the first members of the force touch down


Welcome ... East Timorese have been happy to welcome the biggest single Australian military deployment since the 1999 Interfet operation


Airlift ... troop transport planes have been used to evacuate Australians from the danger zone


Recovery ... troops have brought much-needed medical equipment and supplies with them


Welcome ... troops' arrival was enthusiastically welcomed by locals, including this group at Dili airport


Commitment ... "It's a big thing to send 1300 troops in. It's a very foolish, short-sighted thing to pull them out before their job is completed," said PM John Howard





Troops have been disarming armed youth gangs



TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand
KEYWORDS: astute; aussietroops; easttimor; goodguys; operationastute; tammybruce

1 posted on 05/27/2006 5:54:01 PM PDT by naturalman1975
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To: naturalman1975

wow! they can come rescue me anytime!


2 posted on 05/27/2006 5:56:32 PM PDT by beaelysium (Paradise is always where love dwells.)
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To: naturalman1975; DieHard the Hunter; All

CLEANING UP!


3 posted on 05/27/2006 6:00:27 PM PDT by alpha-8-25-02 ("SAVED BY GRACE AND GRACE ALONE")
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To: naturalman1975

Well, I'm certainly impressed!


4 posted on 05/27/2006 6:00:44 PM PDT by Mrs. Shawnlaw (No NAIS! And the USDA can bugger off, too!)
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To: naturalman1975

Ping


5 posted on 05/27/2006 6:05:15 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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To: naturalman1975

Kudos from the USA to the Aussies!


6 posted on 05/27/2006 6:15:33 PM PDT by The Bronze Titan
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To: beaelysium

"wow! they can come rescue me anytime!"

yea, especially that guy from the second photo...Hot hot hot!


7 posted on 05/27/2006 6:17:28 PM PDT by Arpege92 (If you don't stand behind our troops...please feel free to stand in front of them!)
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To: naturalman1975

If USA should fall, Australia would be the last outpost of Western Civilization in the future.


8 posted on 05/27/2006 6:17:54 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican (everyone that doesn't like what America and President Bush has done for Iraq can all go to HELL)
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To: naturalman1975
This reminds me that it's time to go buy a case of Rosemont Estates Cab.

Part of my personal "Buy Australian" campaign.

9 posted on 05/27/2006 6:35:31 PM PDT by InABunkerUnderSF (Enforce the 13th Amendment - Free the H1Bs)
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To: naturalman1975

Australian soldiers have performed superbly in every war they've ever fought in.


10 posted on 05/27/2006 6:37:42 PM PDT by Altair333 (Red Rover, Red Rover, Send Mexico Right Over)
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To: MinorityRepublican

"If USA should fall, Australia would be the last outpost of Western Civilization in the future."

Austrlia and New Zealand will be it for Anglo-Saxon culture.

Iceland and Finland have no significant immigration so they won't be losing their culture.


11 posted on 05/27/2006 6:39:01 PM PDT by Altair333 (Red Rover, Red Rover, Send Mexico Right Over)
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To: Arpege92
"yea, especially that guy from the second photo...Hot hot hot!"

Warning- those blokes don't shave every day. You will be kissing sandpaper in 48 hours.

12 posted on 05/27/2006 7:42:33 PM PDT by BobS
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To: MinorityRepublican
 

At least Australia (costello) hasn't pussy footed around Shari law. They flatly stated no to it, and there be their salvation

Costello was right. Muslims and other minority cultures have to start adhering to their side of the bargain and accepting Australian culture, law and values.


In a wide-ranging speech in Sydney, Peter Costello decried "mushy, misguided multiculturalism" and declared that there was no place for Islamic Sharia law in a secular society like Australia.

Anyone who believes Islamic sharia law can co-exist with Australian law should move to a country where they feel more comfortable, Treasurer Peter Costello says.

All Australian citizens must adhere to the framework in society which maintains tolerance and protects the rights and liberties of all, he said.

It is a pre-condition for citizenship of Australia.

Mr Costello was giving a speech on the meaning of Australian citizenship to the Sydney Institute.

"There is one law we are all expected to abide by," Mr Costello said.

"It is the law enacted by the parliament under the Australian constitution.

"If you can't accept that, then you don't accept the fundamentals of what Australia is and what it stands for." continued


13 posted on 05/27/2006 8:13:06 PM PDT by beaelysium (Paradise is always where love dwells.)
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To: Arpege92

"yea, especially that guy from the second photo...Hot hot hot!"

I like the guy in the last picture with the head band on, though when he comes for me, he need not wear it. :D


14 posted on 05/27/2006 8:14:24 PM PDT by beaelysium (Paradise is always where love dwells.)
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To: Altair333

Oh don't worry, the Finns may not allow much immigration, but they themselves on an intellectual level have become self-loathing postmodern multiculti-ists.


15 posted on 05/27/2006 8:43:29 PM PDT by NZerFromHK (Leftism is like honey mixed with arsenic: initially it tastes good, but that will end up killing you)
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To: beaelysium

Likely lads from "West Island". The Ozzies are *not* to be trifled with.

Ozzy! Ozzy! Ozzy!
OI! OI! OI!

"DieHard"


16 posted on 05/28/2006 4:11:59 AM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (I am the Chieftain of my Clan. I bow to nobody. Get out of my way.)
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To: BobS

"Warning-those blokes don't shave every day. You will be kissing sandpaper in 48 hours."

I'd survive! ;-}


17 posted on 05/28/2006 2:37:05 PM PDT by Arpege92 (If you don't stand behind our troops...please feel free to stand in front of them!)
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To: beaelysium

"I like the guy in the last picture with the head band on..."

Okay....guy with the head band for you and hot hot hot guy with the sunglasses for me!


18 posted on 05/28/2006 2:38:21 PM PDT by Arpege92 (If you don't stand behind our troops...please feel free to stand in front of them!)
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To: naturalman1975; Jim Robinson; Bob J; MinuteGal; oldglory; JulieRNR21; sheikdetailfeather
Free Republic mention at Tammy Bruce's web site here:

Pics of Australian Troops in East Timor

Via Free Republic, here are some great pics of the Australian troops sent in to help the Timorese. Wish them luck and pray for their safety. (HT F*** France)

Related Post: East Timor: Another Massive UN Success

May 27, 2006 07:37 PM

19 posted on 05/29/2006 6:40:04 AM PDT by Matchett-PI ( "History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid." -- Dwight Eisenhower)
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