Ex-Australian PM urges Iraq troop withdrawal
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Australia should withdraw its troops from Iraq by Christmas unless Washington launches a high-level diplomatic offensive aimed at quelling the violence, former prime minister Malcolm Fraser said Friday.
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BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has pressed US Embassy officials in recent meetings to pull the Blackwater USA security firm out of Iraq even before the six-month deadline he initially set, a top aide to the Iraqi leader said yesterday.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Thursday he won&#39;t automatically follow his British counterpart Tony Blair who has said he could apologize for faulty evidence on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.
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Protesters urge the withdrawal of Australian troops from Iraq, less than a week before a general election.
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Prime Minister John Howard stood firm on Tuesday against withdrawing troops from Iraq after unconfirmed reports two Australians were taken hostage and would be killed within 24 hours unless Canberra pulls out.
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An early withdrawal of coalition forces from Iraq would have disastrous consequences and give victory to &quot;terrorists&quot;, Australian Prime Minister John Howard has warned.
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Australian opposition leader Kevin Rudd said Saturday that he would bring the nation&#39;s troops home from Iraq by the middle of next year if elected to government.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair faced calls on Thursday for British troops to quit Iraq as delegates to his Labour Party&#39;s annual conference vented their anger over last year&#39;s US-led war.
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Australia&#39;s election campaign is in its final stages, with the country&#39;s role in Iraq again a major talking point. Australian Prime Minister John Howard says he does not need to apologize for joining last
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The leader of Iraq's Chaldean Christian community urges US forces to free ex-deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz.
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One of the Senate's top Republicans has called on President Bush to start bringing U.S. troops home from Iraq by Christmas, telling reporters Thursday that a pullout was needed to spur Iraqi leaders to action.
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The Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, yesterday called on voters to trust him and refused to express regret over the Iraq war ahead of tomorrow&#39;s general election.
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Australia's foreign minister warned Monday that pulling U.S. coalition troops out of Iraq too soon could provoke a wider conflict in the Middle East.
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Prime Minister John Howard, fresh from winning an election mandate to keep Australian troops in Iraq as long as needed, said Monday he would keep his foreign minister and make the war on terror a top priority of his fourth term.
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Prime Minister John Howard has responded to reports that he was warned by a senior defence officer shortly before Australia went to war against Iraq that Saddam Hussein did not have any banned weapons.
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Prime Minister John Howard, responding to the Iraq Study Group report, said Friday he would like to see Australian troops out of Iraq but refused to set a deadline for their withdrawal.
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Tony Blair wanted to quit as Britain&#39;s  prime minister a year before the Iraq war after a fall in his  poll ratings, his former chief media aide Alastair Campbell  said on Sunday.