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September 7th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
AAP
The West is winning the war on terrorism, former prime minister John Howard has declared.
Mr Howard’s message for Australians on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is that “the terrorists have not succeeded”.
Mr Howard acknowledged the tragedy of the 2002 Bali bombings, which claimed 88 Australian lives among the 202 killed.
But the former PM, who took Australia into wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to combat terrorism, told AAP in an interview: “There have been no attacks on our mainland.
“Because of the efforts of our intelligence and security apparatus, and the inherent strength of the Australian way of life, we have prevented terrorists carrying out any attacks here.
“We have to remain vigilant. We have to put up with the inconveniences.
“But it’s worth it because they haven’t won, and the way of life we treasure is still intact.”
Mr Howard, who was in Washington on the day New York’s twin towers were hit and the Pentagon was attacked, said the West had contained terrorism and made “very significant” inroads into the effective leadership of al-Qaeda.
The killing of Osama bin Laden earlier this year was a significant psychological blow, even though it had not ended the terrorist movement.
Mr Howard said he was not surprised by surveys conducted by the US Studies Centre in Sydney showing both Australians and Americans were sick and tired after a decade of war.
“Every war that goes on for a long time becomes unpopular,” he said.
“That’s been the experience of mankind through all recorded history. There’s nothing strange about that.
“But it’s a long war. It’s a bit like the cold war, which went on for decades and we didn’t have nuclear annihilation.
“This may go on for many years but in the end we will deny the terrorists their aim to establish a radical form of Islam in many parts of the world that don’t want it.”
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