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Australian Involvement In The Iraq War
Australia joined a U.S.-led coalition in the Iraq War. Declassified documents reveal that the decision to go to war was taken primarily with a view to enhancing its Australia–United States relations, alliance with the United States. The Howard government supported the disarmament of Iraq during the Iraq disarmament crisis. Australia later provided one of the four most substantial combat force contingents during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, under the operational codename Operation Falconer. Part of its contingent were among the first forces to enter Iraq after the official "execute" order. The initial Australian force consisted of three Royal Australian Navy ships, a 500-strong special forces task group, two Lockheed AP-3C Orion, AP-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft, two B707 Air-to-Air refuelling aircraft, C-130 Hercules transport aircraft and No. 75 Squadron RAAF (which included 14 F/A-18 Hornet fighters). Combat forces committed to Operation Falconer for the 2003 Invasion were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SASR Iraq
The Special Air Service Regiment, officially abbreviated SASR though commonly known as the SAS, is a special forces unit of the Australian Army. Formed in 1957, it was modelled on the Special Air Service, British SAS sharing the motto, "Who Dares Wins". The regiment is based at Campbell Barracks (Western Australia), Campbell Barracks, in Swanbourne, Western Australia, Swanbourne, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, and is a direct command unit of the Special Operations Command (Australia), Special Operations Command. It has taken part in operations in Military history of Australia during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation, Borneo, Military history of Australia during the Vietnam War, Vietnam, Operation Solace, Somalia, International Force East Timor, East Timor, Australian contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Iraq and Operation Slipper, Afghanistan, as well as many other peacekeeping missions. The SASR also provides a Counter-terrorism, counter-terrorist capabilit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
