Australian special forces troops moving into Iraq, to combat ISIL

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Australian special forces troops moving into Iraq, Prime Minister Tony Abbott confirms at APEC - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced the breakthrough following talks with United States president Barack Obama at the APEC summit in Beijing.
Australia deployed 200 special forces soldiers to the Middle East in September, but for weeks they have been waiting for formal direction from the Iraqi government to begin their non-combat role.
Mr Abbott said the fundamentalist IS group had "declared war on the world" and that it was important to "respond strongly"
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