[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18327]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        TERROR ATTACKS ON AUSTRALIA WILL NOT DETER WAR ON TERROR

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, last week, al Qaeda-linked 
terrorists savagely attacked the Australian embassy in Jakarta, 
Indonesia. The blast killed nine and wounded more than 180 innocent 
people, most of whom were Muslims. Australian Prime Minister John 
Howard properly responded by saying, ``This is not a nation that is 
going to be intimidated by acts of terrorism. We are a robust, strong 
democracy.''
  Indeed, he is exactly correct. Free nations must never be intimidated 
by hate-filled extremists which will only lead them to commit more 
murderous acts. The only proper response to terror is to aggressively 
go on the offense as President Bush and coalition partners have done 
for the past 3 years. Instead of waiting for another attack, we need to 
bring justice to the terrorists wherever they are and hold terror-
supporting regimes accountable.
  Australia, Spain, Russia, Israel, America and many others have been 
attacked in a war started by radicals against the civilized world. Yet 
this campaign of fear will fail as nations who value freedom will 
continue to fight together to win the war on terror.
  In conclusion, may God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September 11.

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