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"Boats could be carrying terrorists" Thanks, Senator Vanstone!
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Boats could be carrying terrorists: Vanstone
The Immigration Minister, Amanda Vanstone, says it is possible some of the hundreds of boats travelling in Australian waters could carry terrorists.
Senator Vanstone says the boats can carry any number of people with any number of intents.
She has told Channel Nine that is why the Federal Government reserves the right to decide who comes to the Australian mainland.
"I don't have particular advice with respect to whether any particular boats have, but I mean boats can carry any number of people with any number of occupations and any sort of intent," she said.
"That's one of the reasons that we are so predetermined on the offshore processing system."
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 Yes thank you, Ms Vanstone, I never knew that boats had such dire capabilities. This is just pathetic, to use such dodgy, dodgy arguments to legitimize these sorts of reactionary government policies...its almost Rumsfeldian. Looks like the Australian government have been using the same spindoctors that the White House does 
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Last edited by auswegian; 11-22-2003 at 10:13 PM..
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