Turkey #39;s parliament approves motion to allow troops in Syria and Iraq
The Turkish parliament approves a motion that would allow the government to authorize cross-border military incursions into Iraq and Syria to fight Islamic State militants. Gavino Garay reports....
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So far, Australian aircraft have been limited to humanitarian aid and delivering arms to Iraqi government-backed forces.
Australia is on high alert for attacks by radicalized Muslims or by home-grown militants returning from fighting in the Middle East, having raised its threat level to high and undertaken a series of high-profile raids in major cities.
Officials believe up to 160 Australians have been either involved in fighting in the Middle East or actively supporting groups fighting there. At least 20 are believed to have returned to Australia and have been said to pose a security risk.
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One man was charged on Tuesday with funding a terrorist organization, while another was arrested last month after police said they had thwarted a plot to behead a randomly selected member of the public.
Prominent Australian Muslims say their community is being unfairly targeted by law enforcement and threatened by right-wing groups, and there are concerns that policies aimed at combating radical Islamists could create a backlash.
Abbott said Islamic State poses a grave threat to both Australia and the wider world and that Canberra could not afford to shirk its responsibility to contribute militarily to "degrading" the group's capabilities.
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"The Americans certainly have quite a substantial special forces component on the ground already," he said.
"My understanding is that there are U.K. and Canadian special forces already inside Iraq, so we'll be operating on a much smaller scale but in an entirely comparable way to the United States special forces."
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Australia announces airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq
So far, Australian aircraft have been limited to humanitarian aid and delivering arms to Iraqi government-backed forces.
Australia is on high alert for attacks by radicalized Muslims or by home-grown militants returning from fighting in the Middle East, having raised its threat level to high and undertaken a series of high-profile raids in major cities.
Officials believe up to 160 Australians have been either involved in fighting in the Middle East or actively supporting groups fighting there. At least 20 are believed to have returned to Australia and have been said to pose a security risk.
Read MoreBritish warplanes hit first Isis targets in Iraq
One man was charged on Tuesday with funding a terrorist organization, while another was arrested last month after police said they had thwarted a plot to behead a randomly selected member of the public.
Prominent Australian Muslims say their community is being unfairly targeted by law enforcement and threatened by right-wing groups, and there are concerns that policies aimed at combating radical Islamists could create a backlash.
Abbott said Islamic State poses a grave threat to both Australia and the wider world and that Canberra could not afford to shirk its responsibility to contribute militarily to "degrading" the group's capabilities.
Read MoreISIS fight widens as UK approves airstrikes
"The Americans certainly have quite a substantial special forces component on the ground already," he said.
"My understanding is that there are U.K. and Canadian special forces already inside Iraq, so we'll be operating on a much smaller scale but in an entirely comparable way to the United States special forces."
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Australia OKs airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq
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The Prime Minister has announced approval for air strikes in Iraq and the deployment of 200 special force soldiers, warning the campaign is dangerous and could be "quite lengthy".
Tony Abbott has given the go-ahead for RAAF fighters to begin air strikes against the feared Islamic State in Iraq, marking the start of Australia's military involvement in a campaign likely to last months or even years.
The federal government has also given the green light to sending about 200 Special Forces advisers to Iraq to advise and assist local forces on the ground, though the Australians will not take part in independent combat operations.
After the government's National Security Committee gave a nod to air combat operations, the full cabinet then approved the action and the opposition was also briefed.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott, with Defence Minister David Johnston and chief of the Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, announces the security committee's decision. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
The Australian Defence Force has been planning its air missions around a start date of Sunday, it is understood.
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At a press conference in Canberra on Friday with Defence Minister David Johnston and defence chief Mark Binskin, Mr Abbott confirmed cabinet had authorised the military action at the request of the Iraqi government.
"I have to warn that thisdeployment toIraqcould bequite lengthy, certainlymonths rather than weeks," Mr Abbott said.
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