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Rudd asks for Iraq briefing
February 28, 2005
From: AAP
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12397262-29277,00.html
THE Opposition has asked for a briefing from the Defence Department after Australian troops shot and wounded a woman in Baghdad, Foreign Affairs spokesman Kevin Rudd said.
The woman was shot in the head and a boy hurt by broken glass when the car they were travelling in failed to stop as it approached a checkpoint in the Iraqi capital yesterday.
The commander of Australian forces in Iraq, Air Commodore Greg Evans, said a preliminary investigation had found the troops did not overreact and the male driver of the car ignored repeated directions in Arabic to stop.
"We are prepared to accept what Defence has said at face value but we wish to obtain further briefings from the Defence Department and from other officials of the Australian government before making any further comment," Mr Rudd told a news conference today.
Mr Rudd said he had asked for a briefing for himself, Opposition Leader Kim Beazley and defence spokesman Robert McClelland about the shooting and also about the deployment of 450 extra Australian troops in Iraq.
"We will seeking further briefings on the circumstances surrounding this incident in the coming days," Mr Rudd said.
"We've requested a briefing from the Australian Government and we expect that they will honour the conventions and provide us with such a briefing."