(Australian) PM sends 150 troops to Afghanistan

[anakie]

little johnny is at it again. A token effort so he can appear to be a player on the world stage.

" AUSTRALIA will send 150 troops to Afghanistan in September, Prime Minister John Howard has announced.

The deployment would be for 12 months, Mr Howard said.

"We have received at a military level requests from both the US and others, and also the Government of Afghanistan, and we have therefore decided in order to support the efforts of others to support in turn the government of Afghanistan to dispatch a Special Forces Task group, which will comprise some 150 personnel," he said.

The Australian contingent would work with US forces, Mr Howard said."

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15916254%255E1702,00.html