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Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries, Senator the Hon. Jonathon Duniam Three illegal timber exporters have been sentenced after pleading guilty of illegally exporting a total of 208.5 tonnes of sandalwood to the value of $3 million at the Perth District court. The three individuals were convicted and sentenced to terms of imprisonment but released on good behaviour. Three individuals pleaded guilty on 18 December 2020 to illegally exporting a total of 208.5 tonnes of sandalwood to the value of $3 million. The individuals were sentenced in the Perth District court having been convicte...

The Lost Hegemon: Whom the Gods Would Destroy Opium Wars, bin Laden, and Mujahideen “When the operation started in 1979, this region grew opium only for regional markets and produced no heroin. Within two years, however, the Pakistan-Afghanistan borderlands became the world’s top heroin producer. . . . CIA assets again controlled this heroin trade. As the Mujahideen guerrillas seized territory inside Afghanistan, they ordered peasants to plant opium as a revolutionary tax.” —Alfred McCoy, author, The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia A Soviet “Vietnam” By far the most influe...

Biden Breaks Campaign Promise, Approves Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia Practically nothing seems to get in the way of war — and specifically, the sale of U.S. war weapons abroad. Cpl. Francisco J. Diaz Jr. / U.S. Marine Corps / Andrew Harnik-Pool / Getty Images / Truthout By Every so often, we get a glimpse at who is actually running this joint. People like President Biden, former President Trump, Minority Leader McConnell and House Speaker Pelosi give every appearance of being in charge of their respective spheres, and make no mistake, the power they wield is enormous. Consider those four: Pel...

It all started with a Japanese attack on China years earlier. Here's What You Need to Remember: Japan relied on imports of raw materials and natural resources to survive. Rubber, tin, iron, and especially oil had to be imported for Japanese industry to function. By the time the attack on Pearl Harbor plunged the United States into World War II, Japan had been preparing for an all-out offensive in the Pacific for months. Japan relied on imports of raw materials and natural resources to survive. Rubber, tin, iron, and especially oil had to be imported for Japanese industry to function. The sam...

Last month, the Biden administration announced its decision to withdraw military aid for offensive military operations led by Saudi Arabia in Yemen. This choice reverses a policy started by the Obama administration and bolstered by the Trump administration. Timothy Lenderking was appointed special envoy to Yemen after the announcement.