Aussie E
04-20-2005, 10:36 PM
from www.theaustralian.news.com.au
Troops ride desert sands to Iraq beachhead
20 April 2005
AUSTRALIAN combat troops readied for deployment to Iraq yesterday in a scorching corner of the Kuwaiti desert still littered with battle wreckage from the first Gulf War
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15025483%255E31477,00.html
Forward party lands in Kuwait
19 April 2005
AN advance party of 43 Australian soldiers has flown the Australian flag in Kuwait to signal the arrival of the latest troop deployment to Iraq
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15014541%255E31477,00.html
Hard times ahead as troops get ready to go
18 April 2005
EARLY next month, Corporal Matthew Paas will leave Darwin to join his mates in Iraq. It's what he's trained for, but the 28-year-old admits it will be difficult leaving behind his wife and six-week-old daughter, Emma.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15002943%255E31477,00.html
Once again Australians are entering harms way to help create a better future for others, like they have done so many times in the past.
God bless them and pray for a speedy and safe return!
Troops ride desert sands to Iraq beachhead
20 April 2005
AUSTRALIAN combat troops readied for deployment to Iraq yesterday in a scorching corner of the Kuwaiti desert still littered with battle wreckage from the first Gulf War
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15025483%255E31477,00.html
Forward party lands in Kuwait
19 April 2005
AN advance party of 43 Australian soldiers has flown the Australian flag in Kuwait to signal the arrival of the latest troop deployment to Iraq
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15014541%255E31477,00.html
Hard times ahead as troops get ready to go
18 April 2005
EARLY next month, Corporal Matthew Paas will leave Darwin to join his mates in Iraq. It's what he's trained for, but the 28-year-old admits it will be difficult leaving behind his wife and six-week-old daughter, Emma.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15002943%255E31477,00.html
Once again Australians are entering harms way to help create a better future for others, like they have done so many times in the past.
God bless them and pray for a speedy and safe return!