25 SEPTEMBER 1999, Page 42

Bring back Jamie

From Mr A.R. Reid Sir: Night after night for a couple of months, Jamie Shea managed to put a pos tive spin on the casualty rate during Nato's Serbian episode. The way that the East Timor crisis is developing, Australia's PM, John Howard, and the UN will be able to offer Mr Shea a job for two years — plus extensions. A.R. Reid

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