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| Australian Labor Party wants troops home by Christmas |
| 2004-03-23 |
| Federal Opposition Leader Mark Latham today outlined a timetable to bring Australia’s 850 troops and advisers in Iraq back home by Christmas.Under a Labor government, the Australians working to rebuild Iraq would return home as soon as their responsibilities had been discharged. Mr Latham said with a planned handover of power in Iraq to a new Iraqi government in June, that could clear the way for the Australians to be home by the end of the year. "I am hoping that by the end of the year the Australian troops will be back here for the defence of Australia, having discharged their international responsibilities and (be) back on Australian soil for the good protection of our country," Mr Latham told Sydney radio 2UE. However, he said the transition of power in Iraq was not certain and a lot could go wrong, pushing the timetable back. |
| Posted by:Paul Moloney |
| #3 Actually this contrasts with the Spanish Socialists who want to pull out in June. I still think Howard is better for the WOT, though. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-3-23 1:30:10 PM |
| #2 In the WOT, hunker down at home is not an option for the principal and principled players. Sorry. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-3-23 12:16:23 PM |
| #1 Wow! This is the New and Improved Socialist line! Skeery should give it a try and see if it floats over here, doncha think? I love the disingenuous responses of the LLL crowd when they have to pretend to give a shit about the troops - fascinating diplo-speak. The subtext, "If we could get away with it, we'd pray for the 'insurgents' to kill enough of them to get us elected!" is never really far from the surface, however. It must just kill them to have to wave the flag and everything. Poor 'tards. Kick some ass, Howard. Hand Latham his head on a political pike, please. ;-) |
| Posted by: .com 2004-3-23 2:37:28 AM |