Australia May Increase Its Troops in Iraq After Italy Withdraws

[TacticalPeek]

Australia May Increase Its Troops in Iraq After Italy Withdraws

March 16 (Bloomberg) -- Australia may increase its troops in Iraq after Italy withdraws its 3,000 soldiers, Prime Minister John Howard said.

Australia last month announced it would send an extra 450 soldiers to Iraq to provide security for Japanese forces helping to rebuild the war-torn nation. It already had 880 soldiers serving in Iraq.

``We don't have any current plans to increase that number, but I cannot rule out some changes in the future and I don't intend to do so,'' Howard told parliament in Canberra today.

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Yes, we have no plans today.

[PsN2Wind]

1. Why don't we bring Our troops home then

and let the Aussies have the whole damn mess?

[PartyPooper]

2. Support all of the troops!

Bring them home NOW!

[bluestateguy]

3. Howard is a liar and a campaign promise breaker

Still waiting to hear the yelps of outrage from the same conservatives who acted as if treason had been committed when Bill Clinton went back on his campaign promise of a middle class tax cut in 1993.

[blogbear]

4. Tie Me Kangaroo Down

[LynnTheDem]

5. Oooh yeah the Aussies will just LOOOOOVE to hear that, Howie the duck!

Hey Howie...ever notice that the VAST MAJORITY of YOUR people, the AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE, have been and still are OPPOSED to bush's invasion of Iraq???

No, I didn't think you had noticed.

[NNN0LHI]

6. Then again they "may" not?

Why can't they be a little more clear on this I wonder?

Don

[ausiedownunderground]

7. Won't happen - Sorry Freepers!!!

We haven't even sent our "Brutal" Brigade yet. They leave on ANZAC Day ( April 26th i think) which is celebrated here in Oz as the great day of OZ fighters dying in all the wars they have been involved in. I'm sure American's have a similiar day. They are replacing the Dutch, who the Japanese "oil" engineers couldn't handle. This brigade is "brutal"! (Ask Indonesian Kopassus Special Ops forces). The "Dutch" were far from brutal!
After Howard sends this Brigade he's got nothing left. Nearly all our special Ops are already in Iraq or Afghanistan already.

[0007]

9. I'm not aware of America having anything other than Veterans Day

I like the "OZ" expression.

Like to see Australia pull out of Iraq.

[autorank]

8. Stand back! Hide with women and children. Now, 1600 Australians!

I'm sure the Iraqi Sunnis are making contingency plans as we speak. The Horror!

[Inland]

10. Australian troops protect Japanese forces?