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Australia: Albanese Launches Probe into Missing Iraq War Records

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Australia: Albanese Launches Probe into Missing Iraq War Records
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JAN 2024
Image copyright: Chip Somodevilla/Staff/Getty Images News via Getty Images
story last updated JAN 2024

The Spin

Pro-establishment narrative

The coronavirus outbreak is likely responsible for the administrative oversights that led to the documents linked to Australia's participation in the Iraq war being withheld. The mistake wasn't intentional; let's not waste time and resources in finding a conspiracy when there isn't one.

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Establishment-critical narrative

It's disheartening, to say the least, that 20 years after Australia was roped into the Iraq war, the facts of the conflict are still being concealed. These documents may well have been withheld as part of a larger government cover-up — Australians have a right to know why their country entered an illegal war in 2003.

Morning Star

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