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28 April
2003
Defence
Minister and Chief of Defence Force tour Middle East
The
Minister for Defence, Senator Robert Hill, and the Chief of the Defence
Force, General Peter Cosgrove, travelled to Baghdad recently to meet
with the US Administrator in Iraq, retired General Jay Garner.
They met with General Garner, who heads the Office of Reconstruction
and Humanitarian Assistance in Iraq, to discuss the rebuilding of the
country and the restoring of basic services as soon as possible.
Senator Hill told General Garner that Australia had already nominated
specialist areas in which it could contribute to the reconstruction
effort.
Following this meeting, Senator Hill and General Cosgrove visited Australian
Defence Force personnel in Baghdad and thanked them for their highly
professional and successful mission.
Read media release: Defence
Minister Visits Baghdad
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Chief
of Defence Forces, General Peter Cosgrove, inspects some of the
many chandeliers in a presidential palace on the outskirts of
Baghdad. (Date taken: 27 Apr 03).
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A
soldier from the 4th Battalion (Commando) Royal Australian Regiment
mans a 50 calibre machine gun as an Australian convoy moves through
Baghdad. (Date taken: 27 Apr 03).
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US administrator in Iraq, General (retired) Jay Garner talks with
the Minister for Defence, Senator Robert Hill, and the Chief of
Defence Forces, General Peter Cosgrove during a meeting in Baghdad.
(Date taken: 27 Apr 03)
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Minister
for Defence, Senator Robert Hill, talks with a Kuwaiti government
official as he prepares to leave for Baghdad. (Date
taken: 27 Apr 03)
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An
Australian soldier from 4th Battalion (Commando) Royal Australian
Regiment mans a 50 calibre machine gun as the Australian convoy,
carrying the Minister for Defence, Senator Robert Hill, and Chief
of Defence Force, General Peter Cosgrove, approaches a presidential
palace on the outskirts of Baghdad. (Date taken:
27 Apr 03)
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Chief
of the Defence Force, General Peter Cosgrove, surveys US aerial
damage to a presidential palace on the outskirts of Baghdad. (Date
taken: 27 Apr 03)
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Chief
of Defence Force, General Peter Cosgrove, farewells the US administrator,
General Jay Garner. Behind them is the Australian National Headquarters
(Middle East) commander, Brigadier Maurice McNarn. (Date
taken: 27 Apr 03)
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Minister
for Defence, Senator Robert Hill, listens to the US administrator
in Iraq, retired General Jay Garner, during a recent meeting in
Baghdad. In the foreground is a soldier from the 4th Battalion
(Commando) Royal Australian Regiment. (Date taken:
27 Apr 03)
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Chief
of Defence Force, General Peter Cosgrove, walks out of a meeting
with Australian Defence Force personnel in Baghdad. (Date
taken: 27 Apr 03)
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