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Monday, September 1, 2014

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Australia to deliver arms to Kurds within days

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has rejected suggestions Australia is bypassing the Iraqi government in supplying weapons to Kurdish troops in the country's north.
As US air strikes against Islamic State fighters continue, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has confirmed armed shipments to aid Peshmerga fighters against the "death cult" will begin in the coming days.
Australia's supply plan will see C-130 aircraft fly to Baghdad for customs clearance, and then onto Kurdish-controlled Erbil, where planes will hand over weaponry including mortars and rocket-propelled grenades.
Mr Abbott meanwhile praised Barack Obama, saying the US president "hasn't been trigger happy" in his approach to the conflict.
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