Sunday Globe Special: Australia's Other War

The war for the cultural soul:

"Australia hopes to finally settle whether dingo killed baby" by Kristen Gelineau  |  Associated Press, February 19, 2012

SYDNEY - The mystery of Azaria Chamberlain’s disappearance in the Australian Outback in 1980 became the most notorious, divisive, and baffling legal drama in the country’s history....

To the rest of the world, the case is largely known for its place in popular culture: countless books, an opera, the movie “A Cry in the Dark’’ starring Meryl Streep and Sam Neill, and the “Seinfeld’’ sitcom’s spoof of Lindy’s cry, “Maybe the dingo ate your baby!’’

But to Australians, the case is about the guilt or innocence of a nation....

Why? Why should all Australians be judged on the outcome of this case? I certainly wouldn't appreciate it if I were judged on the outcome of some patsy plot frame-up after tortuous interrogation here in America.

“It’s a bit like a really bad war,’’ said Tony Raymond, chief forensic scientist in an inquiry that debunked much of the evidence used to convict Lindy. “You’ve got to learn from it and make sure it doesn’t happen again.’’

Are you listening America, because the Iran propaganda is worse than the shit shoveled at you before Iraq was invaded.

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