Senior Australian intelligence officer quits over
Iraq
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."
http://abc.net.au/news/justin/nat/newsnat-11mar2003-48.htm
AW was said to have also slammed poor intel sharing with the USA low
mongrel dogs as well on TV and Radio.
