Howard committed to terror fight (plus Gore on Iraq, terrorism, more)

[AlGore-08.com]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/10/australia.911.ap/

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But former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, in Sydney to promote the local premiere of his documentary on global warming, described the Iraq invasion as a mistake.

Global reliance on oil is funding terrorism, he said.

"I think that it was a mistake for the U.S. to invade Iraq. I think it was a mistake not to connect the dots between some of the terrorist groups and some of the obscene amounts of money we're shipping to the Persian Gulf every day for foreign oil," Gore told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio.

He said while the war on terror was important, climate change was a more serious threat.

"We should not ignore the crisis that is by far the most serious threat civilization has ever faced and if in the process we stop sending so much money to Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf oil-producing countries, we will choke off some of the flows of wealth to the terrorist groups," he said.

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[cal04]

1. Govt rejects Gore criticism of climate change stance

The Federal Government has dismissed criticism from the former United States vice president Al Gore about its approach to climate change.

Mr Gore is in Australia promoting his film about global warming - An Inconvenient Truth.

He says Australia is not taking the environmental threat seriously.

But Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane says Mr Gore is just trying to sell tickets to his movie.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200609/s1737712.htm

[AlGore-08.com]

2. Australia faces greatest climate threat, says Gore

http://www.bordermail.com.au/news/bm/national/415947.html

AUSTRALIA faces greater risks than any other country on Earth if it does not do more to tackle climate change, former US vice president Al Gore has warned.

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In the film, An Inconvenient Truth, Mr Gore singles out Australia twice, along with the US, accusing both countries of lagging behind the world.


The US and Australia have refused to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Mr Gore said given Australia was the driest inhabited continent on Earth and already had problems with bushfires, water shortages and cyclones, further increases in global warming could prove devastating.

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[twenty4blackbirds]

3. HA ha!

ObNelson moment. </Simpsons>

[rpannier]

4. Someone's gotta be scrubs new best friend now that bLiars on his way out

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