Iraq role may have made us a terror target: Australian minister
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A top minister said that Australia's military involvement in Iraq may have helped make it a terrorist target, three days after a deadly bombing at its Jakarta embassy.
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The bombing of Australia&#39;s embassy in Jakarta has shaken many Australians into believing that we&#39;re now the definite target of terrorists.
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Australia has accounted for all its nationals known to be working in Iraq following a claim by a radical Islamic group to have kidnapped two Australians, Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer said.
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On the eve of the federal election, Prime Minister John Howard said Friday he was disappointed that the intelligence he used to justify Australia's participation in the U.S.-led war in Iraq was wrong, but would not alter course on Iraq if re-elected.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Monday denied having a political motive when he said terrorists in Iraq would be praying for Democratic hopeful Barack Obama to become U.S. president.
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The Australian government says it has received specific intelligence suggesting an imminent terrorist attack in Indonesia, possibly targeting a Hilton hotel.
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US President George W. Bush met with his close ally Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Wednesday to discuss miltary and security ties, as the US military chief in Iraq hinted at a troop reduction.
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More than two-thirds of the people living in Australia, Britain and Italy &#151; three countries allied with the United States in the Iraq war &#151; believe the war has increased the threat of terrorism.
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The Australian government has warned that terrorists could be preparing to carry out an attack in Indonesia, possibly targeting a Hilton hotel.
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Australia admitted for the first time on Thursday that securing an oil supply is a key factor behind its involvement in the US-led war in Iraq.
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Iraq is the "tip of the bayonet" in the fight against terror, the country's prime minister said ahead of a meeting with President Bush, stressing that the same group responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks was behind the destruction of the minarets of a revered Iraqi Shiite shrine.
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Australia will not reduce its troop commitment in Iraq simply because the United States has moved to scale down its military presence there, Prime Minister John Howard said Friday.
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Prime Minister John Howard's government warned that Australia could become a terrorist target during a six-week election campaign that began Monday, with the war on terror and the nation's troop deployment in Iraq already taking center stage.
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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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Australia had become a mediator in a  nuclear stand-off between Iran and the United States, Prime  Minister John Howard said on Sunday, in a move that mirrors  Australia's role in the North Korea nuclear crisis.
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WASHINGTON - More than two-thirds of the people living in Australia, Britain and Italy - three countries allied with the United States in the Iraq war - believe the war has increased the threat of terrorism.    Leaders of those countries - prime ministers Tony Blair of Britain and John Howard of Australia and Premier Silvio Berlusconi of Italy - all get low marks from their people for their handling of the war on terrorism, an Associated Press-Ipsos poll shows...
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Australiaâs prime minister has said another terror attack in Southeast Asia was âa near inevitabilityâ and promised to pump millions of dollars into combating the threat if he retains office in October elections, including basing counter-terrorism