NEWS and REPORTS => World News => Topic started by: Topix on Jul 06, 2011, 09:02 AM
Title: Ten years later, Howard's decision to turn away asylum seekers still a sore point.
Post by: Topix on Jul 06, 2011, 09:02 AM
FORMER prime minister John Howard's 2001 decision to use the armed forces to turn away boatloads of asylum seekers was resented by sailors and soldiers who had to carry out his orders, retired senior military officers have revealed.