PM rules out extra troops for Iraq
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Australia was unlikely to extend its role in Iraq but would keep its troops in the war-torn nation until the job was done, Prime Minister John Howard said.
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TONY EASTLEY: While Australia has rejected a United Nations requests to provide extra troops to protect UN personnel in Iraq, Britain is considering an American request to provide more British forces.
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CANBERRA: Australia has no plans to significantly increase the number of its troops in Iraq and does not expect to be asked to do so by close ally, the United States, newly re-elected Prime Minister John Howard said on Monday.
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Britain has not yet decided whether to send 650 troops to relieve US forces in Iraq, Prime Minister Tony Blair said yesterday, while rejecting suggestions that such a move would be aimed at boosting US President George W. Bush&#39;s electoral campaign.
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Critics of the Iraq war have slammed the prime minister following a decision to allow British troops to move into dangerous territory around Baghdad under US military command.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday rejected demands that he set up an independent inquiry into the number of civilians killed in Iraq.
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Britain will withdraw about 1,600 troops from Iraq in coming months if local forces can secure the southern part of the country, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday.Comment
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Tony Blair rejects Tory claims that he went to war without a comprehensive plan to restore normality in Iraq.
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Prime Minister-designate Gordon Brown should not withdraw British troops from Iraq, the war-torn country&#39;s foreign minister said Thursday as he cautioned that it is important not to show insurgents any sign of weakness.
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Britain is considering a request it received from Washington last week for extra military assistance in Iraq, but not in flashpoint areas in Baghdad or Falluja, the government said Monday.
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Australia may increase its assistance to war-ravaged Iraq and Afghanistan but is unlikely to send more combat troops, Prime Minister John Howard announced.
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Prime Minister-designate Gordon Brown has rejected a call for a new investigation into the government&#39;s handling of the US-led war in Iraq as his government defeated an opposition motion in parliament for an inquiry.
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Britain is considering a request it  received from Washington last week for extra military  assistance in Iraq, but not in flashpoint areas in Baghdad or  Falluja, the government said Monday.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said that the redeployment of 850 crack British troops to a volatile area southwest of Baghdad was &quot;a limited operation for a limited period&quot;.
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Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, yesterday contradicted Tony Blair&#39;s claim that there was a new conflict inside Iraq and dismissed fears of a civil war.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair issued a staunch defence of his record on Iraq Thursday after announcing a major troop withdrawal, and also insisted there is &quot;no planning&quot; under way for an attack on Iran.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair vigorously denied on Wednesday that he misrepresented intelligence about Iraqi weapons before the war, rejecting growing demands for an apology from opponents in Parliament who accuse him of misleading the country.