Lyn Allison (Victoria, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Minister, does your government take any responsibility for the fact that the Government Accountability Office of the US Congress is finding endless examples of incompetence behind this misconceived adventure in Iraq—to use their words in an article last week? Does it bother the government that 110,000 AK47 assault rifles and 80,000 pistols have gone missing and are likely to be being used against the coalition troops? Will you now withdraw our 500 troops and will you advocate a diplomatic solution that involves all parties to this mess?