Posted on 07/01/2007 3:24:50 AM PDT by Aussie Dasher
PRIME Minister John Howard said today the Federal Government had no plan to start withdrawing Australian troops from Iraq by February or within any other specific time frame.
The Sunday Telegraph today quoted an anonymous senior military source as saying that such a plan was in place in the event the war in Iraq worsens for US-led forces.
The rumoured plan would reportedly be announced before the federal election later this year to ambush Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd, who has committed to pulling out Australian troops from Iraq if Labor wins government.
Mr Howard gave a stern reply to reporters today at Sydney Airport, saying not even he had heard of such a plan.
"The story from this morning is absurd,'' Mr Howard said.
"The plan is so secret I don't know anything about it."
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Great News! Prime Minister Howard is a man of conviction. The world could use more leaders like him.
All I have to say Mr Howard is - GOOD JOB!!!!
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