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Joel Fitzgibbon

Afghanistan 'in dire peril'

Mark Mazzetti and Brendan Nicholson AMERICAN intelligence agencies have warned that Afghanistan is in a "downward spiral", casting fresh doubts on the viability of the US-led military intervention and the prospects of curbing a...

Afghanistan 'in dire peril'

AMERICAN intelligence agencies have warned that Afghanistan is in a "downward spiral", casting fresh doubts on the viability of the US-led military intervention and the prospects of curbing a resurgent Taliban. A draft...

Fitzgibbon rejects talks with extremists (AAP)

Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon has ruled out supporting negotiations with extremists or terrorists in a bid to end the escalating insurgency in Afghanistan. Mr Fitzgibbon said the fundamentalist Taliban regime, which ruled...

Battle for progress

Mark Dodd | October 09, 2008 THE Australian Defence Force is rightfully proud of its work in refurbishing the Tarin Kowt provincial hospital in the war-scarred Oruzgan province of Afghanistan. Visitors to the nearby Australian...

Soldier died from wounds, not delay

Samantha Maiden, Online political editor | October 09, 2008 SIGNALLER Sean McCarthy died in Afghanistan from massive wounds and "no equipment or personnel could have saved him", a defence force inquiry has found. The Australian...

States need to lift their game

Julie Novak | October 09, 2008 AUSTRALIAN states and territories appear to have been steadily losing friends for a long period of time. John "Wacka" Williams said: "I believe that we should have only two tiers of government in...

Fitzgibbon echoes frustrations over Afghanistan war

As Australian Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon warned yesterday that NATO's grand plan for a broader and war-winning strategy in Afghanistan was stalling, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said negotiating with moderates in the...

Diggers 'probably' shot governor

AUSTRALIAN special forces probably killed an Afghan tribal leader and close ally of President Hamid Karzai, defence force chief Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston admitted yesterday, 19 days after the incident.

War against the Taliban unwinnable

Mark Dodd | October 07, 2008 DEFENCE Minister Joel Fitzgibbon has supported comments by the commander of British forces in Afghanistan that the war against the Taliban is unwinnable. Mr Fitzgibbon said yesterday he agreed with...

Financial crisis distracting US from Afghanistan: Fitzgibbon (ABC)

The Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon has raised concerns that the economic meltdown in the United States will inhibit the number of troops the country sends to Afghanistan. Mr Fitzgibbon will use next month's NATO meeting in...

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