Australia:Opposition repeats Iraq withdrawal call

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The Federal Opposition has again called for Australian troops to be withdrawn from Iraq after a former senior SAS soldier's criticism of the conflict.

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The Opposition's defence spokesman, Robert McClelland, says the Federal Government should listen to Mr Tinley.

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"They (the Government) have to start planning to get our troops out of there. If they don't we are simply going to be sucked into the quagmire of a civil war that seems almost inevitable in Iraq given the circumstances that are occurring.

"In so far as assistance can be provided to Iraqi security forces, it should be by way of training outside the danger zone of Iraq, I mean that's common sense."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200611/s1797532.htm