Morphine Prince 109,699 Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 PERTH Australia (Reuters) - Australia became the first country to detail troop numbers and aircraft for a U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq, as Washington drums up support for global action to counter the terrorist threat. Australia Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Sunday a 600-strong force comprising some 400 airforce personnel and 200 special forces soldiers would be deployed to a U.S. military base in the United Arab Emirates. A number of countries have responded to U.S. President Barack Obama's call to join a coalition against Islamic State, but Australia is the first to publicly provide specific troop numbers and military hardware for the mission. Obama is leading an effort to form a coalition of Western allies and Gulf Arab states to take on the extremist group, whose savage methods have included beheading two American journalists and a British aid worker. Abbott said along with the troops, Australia would send eight super hornet fighter jets, an early warning and control aircraft and an aerial refueling aircraft. He said they would be deployed in the coming days. A task group of military advisers to assist Iraqi and other security forces fighting the militants would form part of the deployment but Abbott said he had not yet made the decision to commit troops to combat action. "I have to warn the Australian people that should this preparation and deployment extend into combat operations, that this could go on for quite some time," he told reporters in the northern city of Darwin. Abbott said Australia did not intend to operate in Syria. Source: http://news.yahoo.com/australia-commits-jets-international-force-fight-militants-040453556.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Draco 2,531 Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Why does everything need to be U.S. led? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,699 Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 Why does everything need to be U.S. led? Because the US is always the one that jumps into these situations first lol. I'm kind of tired of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Draco 2,531 Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Because the US is always the one that jumps into these situations first lol. I'm kind of tired of it. I'm tired of it too and then every other country blames the world's problems on the U.S. Not saying we are perfect but jeez the U.S. hate is ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
socotra 3,357 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Yay Australia! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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