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To: unclewest who wrote (196453)	2/14/2007 5:50:03 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793990

This article has a picture of Kilcullen... US drafts Australian to advise on Iraq push Michael Gawenda, Herald Correspondent in Washington February 6, 2007 AN AUSTRALIAN Army colonel who served in East Timor has been chosen by the new US commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, to join a team of "warrior intellectuals" to advise him on strategy. Lieutenant-Colonel David Kilcullen, who is on secondment to the US State Department, will advise General Petraeus on counter-insurgency in Iraq, The Washington Post reports. General Petraeus, who was confirmed in his post last week, is believed to have specifically asked for Colonel Kilcullen after he read several papers by the Australian, who has just completed a draft counter-insurgency policy for the State Department. more: smh.com.au