Australian Federal Police Chief, Mick Keelty had "this to say a few days ago":http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/asia/story/0,4386,190210,00.html :
bq. Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty was quoted in The Age newspaper on Monday as saying Australia wanted active cooperation in the region amid terrorism alerts here after a week of bombings by Islamic radicals in Saudi Arabia and Morocco.
bq. Mr Keelty plans to seek agreement at an Asian police chiefs' meeting in the Philippines this month for Australia to maintain a 'flying squad' of counter-terrorism officers in the region.
With all due respect to the Australian need and willingness to assist in countering terrorism, Mr Keelty's plan stinks of "extra-territorial judiciary action":http://www.bc.edu/schools/law/lawreviews/meta-elements/journals/bciclr/25_1/05_TXT.htm, a huge NO-NO in cross border relations between nations, especially when a country explicitly says, as "Malaysia has done":http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s859494.htm, that the action is unwelcome. Its been a while since we last agreed, but "i see eye-to-eye with the Old Man":http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,6466053%255E1702,00.html on this one.
The "reaction from Canberra":http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,6466203%255E421,00.html from our reaction to their statement is predictable: they've ignored us. Typical first world mentality.
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