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Former Aussie PM Pressed US to Prepare to Attack China -- News from Antiwar.com

Former Aussie PM Pressed US to Prepare to Attack China -- News from Antiwar.com: "A WikiLeaks released cable from March 2009 related a conversation between Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Australian Prime Minister (currently Foreign Minister) Kevin Rudd on the issue of China. Incredibly, it included the Aussie PM urging the US to prepare for an aggressive war against the world’s most populous nation.

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