Last Question to Mr Howard - Letter to the Editor (The Age)

Mr Howard says that he would not take action against Ms Chijoff even if her husband was involved in the bogus Islamic ALP pamphlet for 'her husband may have done a foolish thing, that should not automatically be visited upon her'. Good moral principle, huh (if Ms Chijoff is clean!!)!

What was your moral stand when you proudly announced the detention of Dr Mohamed Haneef only because he was the cousin of someone involved in a criminal act abroad? Morality of convenience, huh? Australia may deserve a leader not a hypocrite (but it's up to them!).

The end of Haneef Debacle

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Finally Haneef was cleared, "allowed to" go back to India, after 3 weeks of political and legal drama.

What's the balance sheet?

1. A smiling Haneef; good for him, his loving wife and family. He'll surely become an icon of civil liberties.
   
2. A victory of the humanitarian activists in Australia. Haneef's case aroused unprecedented support from the moderate Australians. It was evident from the "letter to the editors".
3. Turned out to be an evident example of the opportunistic attitudes of Australian politicians (as elsewhere!), racial discrimination and arrogance.
4. Diplomatic as well as political success for Manmohan Singh Govt of India. 1) Got back the goodwill of moderate Muslims of India on two accounts - the efforts of Indian Govt to support Haneef and a reminder of how well the moderate Muslims are treated in India in comparison to other parts of the world! 1) Diplomatic success of India over Australia.

Haneef and the rift between The Age and The Herald Sun

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Haneef's case is becoming more n more interesting (?).

Herald Sun (It is published by The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd (HWT), a subsidiary of News Limited and owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. ) today reported that AFP has got evidences to prove that Haneef was plotting a terror attack on Australian targets. They quoted that the news were reported by some anonymous sources!


The Age (The Fairfax group) was blank about that news.

That means, The Age didn't get it! Later by the noon, I read in my mobile news from Fairfax that they acknowledge the fax that such a news has been reported by News Corporation.

Now the suspicion grows... the Haneef's lawyer denounces the allegations and ask AFP to respond to the new allegations. In an unprecedented move AFP publishes a statement by the evening saying that those allegations are baseless!

What happened to Herald Sun - the highest circulating newspaper in Australia?

Answer is simple.

If my observation is correct, Herald Sun is for Howard and The Age is for the Labor (at least for this election).

I shared it with my community few months back, when the opinion polls about the next Federal elections started to appear in the newspapers. It was always in favor of Labor, in both the papers. But the first attempt to show that Howard slicing the lead of Labor was presented by Herald Sun soon after the labor allegations about Mrs Rudd broke out, before couple of months. The enthusiasm of Herald Sun was so evident that it lead to the suspect the motives of Herald Sun. (later on, after few weeks, the suggested comeback of Howard was again reversed by The Age survey!)

Now, its clear. Howard has some kind of understandings with Murdock.

Murdock was trying to save Howard from the fallout of this case by creating a new allegation from an anonymous source. But it's too far to be expected from a responsible newspaper. After all, Herald Sun is a tabloid!