According to just resigned assesments spook,Andrew Wilkie.Did not believe
Powell,and saw no hard data to support Powells UN slide show.AW see's the
making of a humanitarian disaster.Tens of thousands injured,killed and/or
displaced in the event of war AW predicts.
A senior Australian intelligence officer has quit in protest over
Australia's support for a possible war against Iraq.
Andrew Wilkie, a senior analyst at the Office of National Assessments
(ONA), says the Australian Government's policy on Iraq is "dumb" and "not
worth the risk".
The ONA is a top intelligence advisor to the Government.
Mr Wilkie has told Channel Nine he can no longer remain there because of
his opposition to Australia's stance on Iraq.
"Going to war against Iraq, invading Iraq is exactly the course of action
that is most likely to cause Saddam to do the things that we are trying to
prevent," he said.
"To cause him to lash out recklessly and to use weapons of mass destruction
and maybe to play the terrorism card."
The Director General of the ONA Kim Jones says the officer was a member of
the transnational issues branch, which does not deal with issues related to
Iraq.
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s804317.htm
Has been involved in Iraq issues according to him live on air just now.
