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International Terrorism - WP |
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The Politics of Fear: Counter-Terrorism and Australian Democracy (WP)
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WP 27/2006 - 19/10/2006
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David Wright-Neville
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In the years since 9/11 several waves of legislative reform have led to a progressive hardening of the Australian state’s capacity to intrude into the lives of ordinary citizens and to detain and prosecute individuals suspected of terrorist-related activity without regard to the due processes of law that characterised Australian democracy for more than one hundred years.
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The London Bomb Incidents of 7 and 21 July 2005: ‘New Normality’ or Just as Predicted? (WP)
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WP 9/2006 - 2/06/2006
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Frank Gregory
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Within the UK the debate about the implications of 9/11, there have emerged from authoritative sources two very clear expectations. First, that the UK would be a target and, secondly, that it was highly likely that ‘iconic’ or ‘picture post-card’ targets would be probable targets. Of the many possible targets, London, because of its national and global symbolism, was considered a particularly likely location for an attack. Moreover, the London Underground was easily identified as a probable but especially problematic target in terms of counter-terrorism (CT) measures. A counter-terrorism exercise involving the tube in 2003 demonstrated some of the likely problems
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