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Thursday, 12 November 1998
Page: 308


Mr BRERETON —My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, can you advise the House whether or not the government has received any approach from the United States to lend any military support to a possible attack on Iraq? What, if any, view has the government expressed to the United States concerning the scale or objectives of possible military action against Iraq?


Mr HOWARD (Prime Minister) —We have not received any approach to forward military support. I believe that the United States and other countries that share with us a concern about developments in the Middle East have behaved with great restraint and understanding. The behaviour of the Iraqi leadership over recent weeks, particularly over recent days, has been inexcusable. I endorse the assessment made of that behaviour by President Clinton.