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From: LindyBill	3/17/2005 11:24:25 PM
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Australia Stands Up littlegreenfootballs.com This is what a true friend of America does, and it isn’t the first time: Australia won’t rule out replacing Italian troops quitting Iraq. Good on ya, John Howard. SYDNEY (AFP) - Prime Minister John Howard refused to rule out sending more Australian troops to Iraq after Italy’s surprise decision to pull its 3,000 soldiers from the war-torn country. Australia announced last month that it would deploy an additional 450 soldiers to southern Iraq to help protect a Japanese humanitarian project and train Iraqi troops after the withdrawal of 1,400 Dutch military from the area. That decision was opposed by most Australians and Howard came under sharp questioning in parliament Wednesday over whether he would again boost the number of Australian troops in Iraq to fill the gap left by the Italian pullout. “We don’t have any current plans to increase that number, but I cannot rule out some changes in the future and I don’t intend to do so,” Howard said, adding that Australia had received no requests for more troops.

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