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A PROPOSED UN resolution requiring Iran to halt uranium enrichment would be a further test of Security Council credibility, Australia's new ambassador to the United Nations Robert Hill said today. The former defence minister said today that past differences within the Security Council had weakened its credibility in recent years. "It is a further test of the Security Council," he said on ABC radio. "This is another instance where the international community has a right to expect that it meet its responsibility. "I am not even confident that there will be an appropriate resolution of the Security Council. That is...

THE Howard Government would go to war with Iraq without the support of the Australian people, Defence Minister Robert Hill said yesterday. Using some of the strongest language yet on a possible war with Iraq, Senator Hill said a "line has been drawn in the sand" and action could be taken within weeks. "Obviously, if it gets to armed conflict and the Australian Government determines we need to be a part to safeguard Australians then we would like the support of the whole community," Senator Hill told ABC Radio. "The defence force obviously would like the support of the whole...