AUSTRALIA: Government Urged to Conduct Iraq War Probe

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AUSTRALIA: Government Urged to Conduct Iraq War Probe
By Stephen de Tarczynski

MELBOURNE, Apr 11 (IPS) - The U.K. government’s recent announcement that it will conduct an inquiry into Britain’s involvement in Iraq has led to calls here for Australia to review its own participation in the controversial war.

Britain’s foreign secretary David Miliband said in late March that the government would undertake a "comprehensive" inquiry into Britain’s decision to join the 2003 United States-led invasion of the Middle Eastern nation.

The review will be carried out after July, by which time the majority of British troops will have been withdrawn from Iraq.

"We’re very pleased that the British government has taken this decision and we would support the same thing happening in Australia," says Sue Wareham, president of Australia’s Medical Association for Prevention of War (MAPW), a professional not-for-profit organisation which works for the promotion of peace and disarmament.

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