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Did the Australian government let
New holes in SIEV X story
"Almost two years after the tragic sinking of the SIEV X, new disclosures are exposing more holes in the official version of events - Tony Kevin reports:
"The official version went through several stages. First, [Prime Minister] John Howard was confidently claiming just four days after the disaster that the boat sank in Indonesian waters; that it was not Australia's responsibility.
"Later, Senator Hill and defence witnesses were saying the boat sank in or near the Sunda Strait. Finally Admiral Raydon Gates concluded (in his written review of evidence submitted to the CMI Committee in July last year) that:
"'Defence can only speculate as to where the vessel foundered.'"
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Did the Australian government let
353 men, women & children drown?
New holes in SIEV X story
"Almost two years after the tragic sinking of the SIEV X, new disclosures are exposing more holes in the official version of events - Tony Kevin reports:
"The official version went through several stages. First, [Prime Minister] John Howard was confidently claiming just four days after the disaster that the boat sank in Indonesian waters; that it was not Australia's responsibility.
"Later, Senator Hill and defence witnesses were saying the boat sank in or near the Sunda Strait. Finally Admiral Raydon Gates concluded (in his written review of evidence submitted to the CMI Committee in July last year) that:
"'Defence can only speculate as to where the vessel foundered.'"
Read more about this latest SIEVX development
SIEVX Chronology
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