The logic / argument is the same one that would propose talking to al qaida"
SYDNEY, Australia -
Australia, a staunch US. ally and one of the first countries to commit troops to the Iraq war five years ago, ended combat operations there Sunday, a Defense Department official said.
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was swept into office in November largely on the promise that he would bring home the country's 550 combat troops by the middle of 2008.
Rudd has said the Iraq deployment has made Australia more of a target for terrorism.
So all 550 of their troops could board, if they wanted to save space and time - a new Airbus A380 - and fly home. Nice that the entire Australian contingent can get on one plane, saves time and money, and have a few hundred seats unfilled, to allow the Australian contingent to spread out.
They were a lot of help.
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