Australian Prime Minister John Howard has unexpectedly admitted massive intelligence manipulation about the Iraq War in a new video by terrorist-related media outlet New Horizons In Violence.

Howard, fresh from farewelling the world leaders at APEC, and fighting off leadership ructions, has unexpectedly come out with a range of fresh statements seemingly contradicting his previous positions on a range of issues, most notably an admission that he "heavied the intelligence agencies and basically went to war based on a lie" in the new film clip from NHIV entitled "Who Do You Trust?".

"With Howard expected to call an election in the coming days and renewed speculation about his leadership, these admissions of red-handed guilt are likely to be a last-minute desperate attempt to confuse people into voting for Howard," said spokesguitarist Osama van Halen. "Under no circumstances should they be seen as any sort of remorse."

N.H.I.V., whose film clip "The World's Worst Leaders" predicted the Iraq debacle and was downloaded over 100,000 times in 2003, have just launched a funky new website design. With a new army of fans via YouTube and MySpace, and a forthcoming CD and DVD, it sounds like the terrorists really are winning.