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maxtsu
Joined: 03 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 8:28 am Post subject: Australia sends more troops to Iraq |
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[url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12335479%255E601,00.html]PM sending more troops to Iraq
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Quote: A TASK force of about 450 troops is to be sent to Iraq, increasing Australia's military contingent there by some 50 per cent, following a surprise announcement by Prime Minister John Howard this morning.
Interested in how this is received in Australia, as Howard is breaking his election promise. |
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Voice of Reason
Joined: 03 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: Interested in how this is received in Australia, as Howard is breaking his election promise.
This is the third thread pn PoliticalCrossfire about this! AND I AM IN ALL THREE OF THEM! :lol:
In all honesty, I doubt that it will hurt him politically. |
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smirnoff
Joined: 10 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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This is how we Australians feel:
http://smh.com.au/polls/politics/results.html
Australia sends new taskforce to Iraq
Do your agree with the decision?
Yes - 26%
No - 70%
Undecided - 3%
every poll (e.g. Ten news) seems to be fairly simular |
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Nico
Joined: 03 Nov 2004
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Location: Auckland
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| Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 8:28 am Post subject: |
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| I think Aus has done a great job with the task they have been given. I wonder though if this is just Howard saying a kind of sorry for not backing the States over the China trade issue? |
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