The Associated Press reports that 200 special forces troops from Australia have joined US troops in Iraq, along with six F/A-18F Super Hornets;
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said in a statement from Baghdad that she had secured the necessary legal guarantees from the Iraqi government to go ahead with the deployment of the elite troops.
The Australian special forces arrived a month ago in the United Arab Emirates to participate in the multi-national coalition put together by the U.S. to battle the Islamic State group.
So I guess we aren’t going to be alone. The Australians participated in the second Iraq with a couple of thousand troops.
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15 responses to “200 Australian special forces in Iraq”
Ozzie SAS? Go OZ!
Men from Oz?
Excuse me, I’ll go pack my bags right now.
Ex-PH2…Roger that! Aussie SAS, good troops with a long and proud history.
And they spikka da Ingles, too.
I’m not so sure about that.
Don’t they speak Austrian?
+1 and how do you pronounce what they call their medics?
I’m kinda surprised no one has asked for specifics AS TO their footwear.
“Crikey. Look at those little beauties!”
I still miss Steve Erwin, crocodile hunter.
Yes, Darwin called him home too soon.
You are a sick man. I guess that’s why I am fond of you–in a non-gay way, of course.
Anywhere we go, the Aussies come along. Hell, they even sent troops to Vietnam. Now that’s an ally!
The Ozzies have stood by the US in every conflict since WWI, even more often than the Brits. In a military sense, at least, the US has no more consistent ally than Australia.
Anyone have an updated count of boots on the ground? Seems every day we hear about more folks going over there.
US, Canadian SpecOps, now the Aussies. This is getting to be an ‘old colonies’ party.
Some of the world’s best are going out there.
Good hunting, gents; you’re always okay in our books.