Australia pulling all troops out of Iraq by Christmas

sherilocks

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Sat Oct-09-04 10:50 AM
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Australia pulling all troops out of Iraq by Christmas

Australia's prime minister was just re-elected, but it seems he promised to have all troops out of Iraq by the end of the year. There are no Australian troops in combat positions. All the reports of his reelection only mentioned the fact that Australia is part of the coalition. Sorry, no link, just heard it on tv.

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LynnTheDem

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Sat Oct-09-04 10:52 AM
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1. Wrong PM candidate

Mark Latham, the guy that didn't win, HE'S the one promised to pull all troops out by Xmas, NOT Howard.

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AndyP

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Sat Oct-09-04 10:53 AM
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2. all those aussies look the same

Just playin :)

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sherilocks

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Sat Oct-09-04 10:56 AM
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4. I think it was MSNBC, but I've been channel-surfing

But they said the reelected PM made the same promise, maybe to get the votes? Can someone fill me in.

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LynnTheDem

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Sat Oct-09-04 11:02 AM
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5. Howard said the opposite

He said he wouldn't remove the troops until "mission accomplished". So I think your talking heads just screwed up.

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sherilocks

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Sat Oct-09-04 11:03 AM
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6. Lynn, you are right

Just googled it. But MSNBC? really garbled it. The 900 Australian troops, all in non-combat positions, will remain indefinitely. Thanks for the correction. :-)

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LynnTheDem

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Sat Oct-09-04 08:48 PM
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7. YW.

Wish I was wrong tho. :(

Howard's such a dick.

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skooooo

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Sat Oct-09-04 10:54 AM
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3. What will this do to the "broad coalition?"

:evilgrin:

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