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the iconic town hall in sydney has

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hosted many conferences and lectures

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throughout its history and this time it

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is the renowned british mp george

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galloway who has brought close to 2 000

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citizens parliamentarians and religious

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figures to his second and final lecture

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named arab spring with a question mark

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the fact that the man could be a

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politician and yet speak out from his

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heart and speak the truth with passion

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he's just a remarkable man and a

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remarkable example i think

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for people in politics around the world

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george galloway really represents a

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voice uh in the in the west that is not

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heard he's an unheard voice

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during his hour-long lecture on the

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tensions engulfing the middle east

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especially in egypt the outspoken

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british mp criticized mohamed morsi the

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ousted egyptian president for his

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handling of the syrian crisis

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his eviction of the syrian ambassador

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from cairo

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his decisive role in the expulsion of

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syria

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from the league of arab states

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and above all his call

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for takfiri fanatic extremists

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in egypt to go to syria and join the

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attempt to rip syria to shreds and

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pieces

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doomed his government from the moment

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that he made

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those remarks

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the respected british mp also condemned

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the actions of western governments

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especially the us for arming the

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militants and al-qaeda forces in syria

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in this respect new south wales green

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senator lee rhiannon had this to say to

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press tv

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i've had a fascinating listening to mr

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galloway i think many of his messages

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have a great importance that they are

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heard by a wide audience in australia

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he has particularly identified the power

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that people have ordinary people and his

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description of many of the great

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movements in across the arab world at

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the this time i think certainly

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encouraged many of our local communities

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and i certainly learned a great deal mr

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galloway's two lectures during his short

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stay in australia has shed light on the

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current tensions in the middle east and

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raised many questions on the actions of

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western government towards this region

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finally raising hope that stability

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would return to the region

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amid foreign

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sydney