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A protest over Pine Gap’s claimed role in genocide has refocused attention on the secretive US satellite base near Alice Springs

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Straight and bare, Hatt Road runs south-west from Mparntwe-Alice Springs before it suddenly swings north through a narrow gap in the MacDonnell Ranges.

It is what lies beyond that draws protesters here time and time again.

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