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"New South Wales Premier Bob Carr warned an Australian army officer serving in Baghdad not to get involved in political issues, after he criticised Mr Carr's decision to present a peace prize to a Palestinian activist.

"Colonel Mike Kelly, an adviser with coalition forces in Iraq, wrote to the Premier accusing him of legitimising terrorism through his determination to present the Sydney Peace Prize to Palestinian MP Hanan Ashrawi.

"Mr Carr said Colonel Kelly's remarks contravened the Australian tradition that 'the military doesn't intervene in Australian politics'."
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Sydney Peace Prize winner says will and courage needed in Mid-East peace process
"Sydney peace prize winner Dr Hanan Ashrawi has delivered the 2003 Sydney Peace Prize Lecture. In a speech entitled: 'Peace in the Middle East: A Global Challenge and a Human Imperative', Dr Ashrawi says the two-state solution is still possible, though becoming increasingly more difficult. She also says the need for third party intervention in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not only a factor of balance, but an indispensable force for breaking the lethal cycle of violence and revenge, while providing a context for legality, arbitration, and guarantees.

"Edited transcript of the 2003 Sydney Peace Prize lecture delivered by Dr Hanan Ashrawi at the University of Sydney on November 5, 2003 ..."
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