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Australia joins ISIS fight─── 13:08 Sun, 14 Sep 2014
Australia has become the first country to detail troop numbers and aircraft for a US-led coalition fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq.
Reuters reports Prime Minister Tony Abbott says a 600-strong force comprising some 400 air force personnel and 200 special forces soldiers will be deployed to a US military base in the United Arab Emirates.
A number of countries have responded to US President Barack Obama's call to join a coalition against Islamic State, but Australia is the first to publicly provide specific troop numbers and military hardware for the mission.
Yesterday, the Islamic State stirred new outrage with a video purporting to show the beheading of British aid worker David Haines.
British Prime Minister David Cameron called it "a despicable and appalling murder", and vowed to bring the killers to justice.
- Reuters
