"AIDS worse than 9/11"
In a timely addendum to my last post on Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's sudden awakening to the need for action by the Canadian government on AIDS, every Australian law students' favourite High Court Judge, Justice Michael Kirby, has questioned the perspective of continued fear-mongering of the 9/11 attacks."HIGH Court judge Michael Kirby yesterday accused America of being "obsessed" with September 11, 2001, saying more people died each day of AIDS than perished in the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington."
AIDS worse than 9/11, says Kirby
Justice Kirby played down the significance of the attacks on the World Trade Centre and Pentagon - in which 2900 people, including 10 Australians, died - after questioning claims by lawyers for the commonwealth that they had made Australia more vulnerable to terrorists.
He made his observation as the High Court considered an appeal against a control order imposed on "Jihad" Jack Thomas, the first man convicted under Australia's new anti-terror laws.
Federal police obtained the order last August after his two earlier convictions for terrorism-related offences were quashed by the Victorian Court of Appeal. The charges were reinstated in December, and he is on bail awaiting trial for allegedly accepting funds from al-Qa'ida and falsifying a passport.
America obsessed with 9/11: Kirby
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