Australians will not replace Brits in Iraq

[sabra]

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http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050721-094459-1535r

ustralians will not replace Brits in Iraq
By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL


CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia will not send more troops to Iraq to replace departing British forces, Defense Minister Robert Hill said Thursday.

British Defense Secretary John Reid said earlier this week he expected British troops to begin pulling out of Iraq within the next year.

But Hill rejected suggestions that Australian troops would take up the slack in southern Iraq, The Australian reported.

Prime Minister John Howard has refused to set a departure date for Australian forces.

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[Sub Atomic]

1. Wasn't Australia part of the

coalition of the willing?

How much money did we promise them in order to become part of that elite group?

And now that they're refusing to send more cannon fodder to Iraq, does that mean that they're reneging on an arrangement with the Boy Monkey?

[sabra]

2. Looks like by next year, the coalition will pretty much not exist anymore.

[malmapus]

3. What about those monkeys we were promised from Morocco?

I think its about time to collect

[bushisanidiot]

5. Oh, and DON'T FORGET POLAND!!

and antarctica!!!

[bushisanidiot]

4. So all of Howard's support was "verbal", huh?

interesting..