Eyes around the world have been focused on the tension in Iraq of late with tens of thousands of refugees trapped on Mount Singar in the country’s north. Prime Minister Tony Abbott has suggested that Australian combat forces could return to Iraq under plans being discussed with Australian Allies. The mission, he said, would be a humanitarian one to protect ‘innocent men, women and children’. 

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