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Old 12-04-2020, 04:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Legbreaker View Post
Thank you for that. While I wasn't specifically aware of this particular incident, I do have information on a number of other, similar ones. There was a real risk shit could have turned sour, something I personally believe certain elements within Indonesia were hoping for. Fortunately the Australians (and those nations present at the time) kept their cool.
The region could well be a different place today if they hadn't.
We would have flogged them, and frankly they had it coming.
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