Jeremy Hanson on the 'great tragedy' of Iraq

By Henry Belot
Updated April 23 2018 - 10:03pm, first published June 12 2014 - 8:21am

ACT Leader of the Opposition Jeremy Hanson, a former officer in the Australian Army tasked with training the Iraqi Army throughout the 2007 surge, has described the takeover of Iraqi towns by al-Qaeda affiliated militants as a great tragedy for the Iraqi people.

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