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Article: Australian troops to stay in Iraq until situation is safe: DM
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- April 11, 2004
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Australian troops to stay in Iraq until situation is safe: DM
CANBERRA, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Australian Defense Minister Robert
Hill said on Sunday that Australian troops are playing the role of
protecting Australian diplomats in Iraq and will stay there until the
place is safe enough.
"I look at the role that our forces are playing in providing
security to our diplomats," Hill told the Nine Network TV.
"That task will be necessary until the place is safe enough for
there to be civilian security officers," he said, adding that "I fear
that that's quite a way off."
Since Australia sent 2,000 troops to participate the Iraq war a