Robert McClelland (Barton, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Does the foreign minister recall saying on 5 July 2004 that the Iraqis were making ‘sound progress’? Does he recall saying on 19 September 2005 that the situation in Iraq was ‘headed in the right direction’? Does the foreign minister acknowledge that, with 100 civilians dying every day in Iraq, Australia is now effectively bogged down in a full-blown civil war? As the minister and the Prime Minister got Australia into this hole, when will they stop digging?

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