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joint US-Australian military exercise on our soil.


More than 14,000 American and 12,000 Australian troops will take part in a 
military exercise Operation Talisman Sabre 07. (See map over page)

Operation Talisman Sabre 07 war games will take place inside the 
environmentally pristine areas in central Queensland and the Northern 
Territory. They include parts of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park World 
Heritage area and other areas of national heritage and wilderness.
Shoalwater Bay is the largest wilderness area on the central Queensland 
coast. For two weeks the US and Australian military will pound the fragile 
coastline with live naval, land based and aerial bombings.
Other locations include Cowley Beach, part of World Heritage area that 
contains indigenous heritage Sites; Delamere Range in Northern Territory 
within the catchment of Kakadu National Park wetlands.

Operation Talisman Sabre 07 locks Australia into the US global military 
machine making us a major US base and a launching pad for US wars in the 
region and around the world. It undermines our sovereignty and disregards 
Australian peoples desire for peace. The exercises are not designed to 
defend Australia or protect its people. They are preparations for offensive 
military strategies and invasions. The growing militarisation of East Asia 
by the US threatens peace in our region.

Australia’s spending on Operation Talisman Sabre 07 joint military exercise 
cuts spending on public health, education, welfare and the environment. 
There are no benefits to Australia and its people, only destruction of the 
environment and locking Australia into America’s wars of aggression.

The people of Japan, South Korea and the Philippines are also mobilising to 
close down US military bases in their countries and end the escalation of 
joint military activities in the East Asia region and Oceania. The people of 
our region want peace, not preparations for military invasions.

Join us and tell the government we want peace, we want our taxes spent on 
education, health, environment and community services. We want the 
government to serve the interests of Australian people, not the US war 
mongering.

Melbourne Public Meeting: Wednesday, 6 June, 6.30pm, St.Michael’s Uniting 
Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, between Russel and Exhibition 
Streets.
National Peace Convergence – Shoalwater, Bay, Qld.
18-24 June 2007
www.peaceconvergence.com

Join the Melbourne Contingent to National Peace Convergence in
Shoalwater Bay, Qld
Call Kristy: 0421 323 839

-- Jessica Morrison ICAN Director - Australia Medical Association for 
Prevention of War Phone: + 61 38344 1637 Mob: 0431 519 577 Fax: + 61 38344 
1638 www.icanw.org www.mapw.org.au



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