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| Afghan minister to discuss rules of engagement with Australian special forces |
| 2005-08-16 |
| Afghanistan's foreign minister is expected to discuss the rules of engagement for Australian troops heading to his homeland when he meets members of the federal government. Abdullah Abdullah is due to arrive in Canberra on Wednesday and, with Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, will open Afghanistan's new embassy in the national capital on Thursday. The government announced last month it would send 150 special forces troops to Afghanistan by September in a $100 million deployment to counter increasing violence from rebel forces. It also is considering sending a 200-strong provincial reconstruction team to the war-damaged country next year, although a final decision has not been made. Mr Downer said he would discuss the troop deployment with Dr Abdullah. "We'll obviously talk a good deal about the troops and, you know, the rules of engagement and all those status of forces issues and so on," he told reporters. "That will be a big part of the discussions, and more broadly about the political environment in Afghanistan, what with the parliamentary elections coming up next month." |
| Posted by:Oztralian [AKA] God Save The World |
| #5 Ooopsie! wrong comment... see Pootie Putin's story above. |
| Posted by: Crumble Jush7440 2005-08-16 19:24 |
| #4 I was hoping to see the pic where he posed sitting on the cruise missle with his cowboy hat on.. |
| Posted by: Crumble Jush7440 2005-08-16 19:22 |
| #3 It would be funny if teh same way that we have "Muslims from XXX discuss religion with Christians" we had firefights with "Us Marines discuss rules of engaments with Islamists at XXX" |
| Posted by: JFM 2005-08-16 10:41 |
| #2 1) Absolutely NO Kylie Minogue concerts. 2) Kangaroo jerky must be clearly labled as such. 3) Cannibalism is frowned upon. We've heard stories about you guys. 4) We're also wise about those 32/55 gallon drums Foster's Lager cans marked "POL". 5) Speak English. You cannot conceive of the pain we experience when you try to speak Pushtun with those gawdawful accents of yours. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-08-16 09:55 |
| #1 Afghanistan's foreign minister is expected to discuss the rules of engagement for Australian troops... ROE 1. Kill the bad guys. 2. If they're dead, refer to rule 1. 3. We ain't got no stinking American Civil Liberties Union. Now bugger off. |
| Posted by: Jirt Omager7355 2005-08-16 08:57 |