John Howard didn’t have too much support from Australian intelligence in deciding to go to war against Iraq. The Prime Minister got just enough cover from the Office of National Assessments to meet political needs. …
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Australia helped bring disaster to Iraq. As an eager ally, we were present at the creation of a regional catastrophe that just keeps on growing. Today’s horror means that Australia’s past role in Iraq is …
In 2014, the defeats by ISIS led to the fall of Nuri al-Maliki’s Iraqi Shia supremacist regime in August, and his replacement by the more moderate and inclusive Haider al-Abadi. But the Iraqi Army’s morale …
My last post examined Islamic State as a global terrorist entity—a complex and constantly evolving threat. This two-part post focuses more tightly on the unfolding war against ISIS in Iraq. Here things are much clearer: …
Tony Abbott’s decision to join US-led airstrikes in Syria brought a degree of legal and military coherence to Australia’s role in the fight against Islamic State (IS). Confining military action to the territory of Iraq has …