Tag: Iraq

Another senior executive charged by Federal Police in relation to alleged bribes paid to Iraqi officials to secure reconstruction work.

Australian and international law enforcement spent nine years investigating allegations of massive payoffs to Iraqi oil officials.

Australian border force and counter terrorism stopped seven suspected jihadists, allegedly on route to join ISIS, in their tracks at Sydney airport.

Plans approved to send 300 Australian military personnel to train Iraqi forces in the fight against Islamic State.

Following APEC meeting with Tony Abbott, US president says he is asking all partner nations to review their commitment to the evolving campaign against Isis.

Controversial new Australian counter-terrorism legislation, including new offence of ‘advocating terrorism’, is a step closer to becoming law.

Abdullah Elmir, the Australian boy who featured in an Islamic State clip threatening Western nations, has appeared in another jihadist propaganda video.

On paying for the war against Islamic State in Iraq, Australia's prime minister says, “We think we can afford it.”

RAAF planes will commence support operations over Iraq on Wednesday in the fight against Islamic State, with a final decision to join strike operations immanent.

Australia's prime minister delivers bellicose speech to United Nations Security Council as the country prepares to join military action against Islamic State militants in Iraq.

Prime minister says fighting for Islamic State (ISIS) is “against God” and joining them “may well become much more dangerous because of the presence of Australian forces.”

600 Australian personnel to join US military action against Islamic State in Iraq but PM insists it’s not like 2003.

After Britain upgraded its terror alert to severe earlier this week, Australians are waiting to see if the Federal Government will follow suite.

The Australian government says its defence forces are ready to act against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria if requested by the US but that conditions must be met.

Responding to the humanitarian crisis in Iraq, Australia is opening its immigration gates to persecuted Iraqi nationals fearing for their lives.

Australian air force joins international mission to deliver food and water to people fleeing Islamic State militants in Iraq. “We in Australia try to do what we can to help,” PM tells service personnel.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott met with British Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Iraq and the situation in the Ukraine.

Boy with severed head image appears on Twitter account of Khaled Sharrouf, with the caption “That’s my boy!”

Australian airline Qantas will not follow suite and change their flight path to avoid Iraq as Emmirates have done.

New confidence for jihad as another Australian joins their ranks and their new “caliphate” prompts two notorious Australian Jihadist to issue threats to Australian troops via Twitter.

Jihadi recruitment video features a British national and another man believed to be a radical Australian.

Tony Abbott warns that nobody should underestimate the threat posed by terrorists bearing down on the Iraqi capital as it is revealed that a small contingent of Australian troops have already been sent to 'bolster security' at the embassy there.

As militants rampage through Iraq, the Muslim community in Australia waits, wanting to help and confused about what is happening in their homeland.

Defence and trade have dominated the first leader-level meeting between Tony Abbott and Barack Obama.

There are 90 Australians registered as being in Iraq as the country reels from a full-blown assault from an Islamist terror group.

Australia’s corporate regulator insists it carried out through investigations into corruption allegations linked to the Reserve Bank of Australia.