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Australia ends combat operations in Iraq
Australian troops have ended combat operations in Iraq, a Defense Department official said Saturday. The Australian flag was lowered in a ceremony Sunday with the 550 troops at a base in the southern Iraq city of Talil. The move fulfills a campaign promise of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who was elected last November, to bring the troops home by the middle of this year. Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-06-01 |
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