Image Gallery: October 2005
Parliamentary Committee visit to ADF in Iraq
28 October 2005
Eight
members of the Australian Parliamentary Joint
Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence
and Trade made a fact-finding tour of the Australian
Defence Force in the Middle East in October
2005.
Led by the Committee's Defence Sub-Committee
Chairman, the Hon. Bruce Scott, members of the
delegation visited each of the six Task Groups
and elements making up the Australian Government’s
military contribution to the reconstruction
and rehabilitation of Iraq.
Members of the fact-finding tour were: Hon.
Bruce Scott MP, Hon. Graham Edwards MP, the
Hon. Bruce Baird MP, Mr Kim Wilkie MP, Mr Cameron
Thompson MP, Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, Mr Barry
Haase MP, and Senator David Johnston.
The delegation itinerary included:
Visiting the officers and crew of HMAS NEWCASTLE,
on patrol in the Northern Persian Gulf; A flight
by some members of the delegation in a Royal
Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion on patrol over
the Gulf; Visiting the troops of Security Detachment
VIII who provide security for Australian Embassy
officials in Baghdad; Meeting with the Speaker
of the Iraqi Parliament in Baghdad; and Briefings
from the US Commander of the Multi-National
Forces - Iraq, General Casey, and by the Commander
of the Australian Joint Task Force, Commodore
Geoffrey Ledger, and his principal staff officers.
| 20051005cpa75980_094 The Governor of Al Muthanna Province, Mohammed Al Hassani (seated rear left), hosts a meeting with a delegation of the Australian Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade. (Date taken: 05 October 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20051005cpa75980_095 The Governor of Al Muthanna Province, Mohammed Al Hassani (left), farewells Australian Parliamentary delegation leader Bruce Scott MP following a meeting in As Samawah, southern Iraq. (Date taken: 05 October 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20051005cpa75980_096 The Governor of Al Muthanna Province, Mohammed Al Hassani (fifth from left), welcomes a delegation of the Australian Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade. The commanding officer of the Al Muthanna Task Group, Lieutenant Colonel Roger Noble (left), accompanies the delegation. (Date taken: 05 October 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20051005cpa75980_097 Members of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade at Camp Smitty, in southern Iraq, with ADF members of the Al Muthanna Task Group. (Date taken: 05 October 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20051005cpa75980_098 Members of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade at Camp Smitty, in southern Iraq, with ADF members of the Al Muthanna Task Group. (Date taken: 05 October 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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