A South Australian Labor MP says Prime Minister John Howard's comparison of terrorism in Iraq to Greece have outraged the Greek-Australian community. Mr Howard last week described terrorist attacks in democratic countries as common and used Greece as an example.
South Australian MP Steve Georganas says it is outrageous to compare Greece with Iraq, where about 3,000 people are killed each month and sectarian violence is spiraling out of control. Mr. Georganas says Mr Howard is risking the relationship between the two countries.
DF: The government of Greece actually announced that it is offering rewards to help get capture the group the attacked the US Embassy in Athens. We agree that the comparison is off base.
posted on Wednesday, March 21
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