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The Battle of Rumaythah (26 September 2006) was fought during the morning in the Iraqi town of Rumaythah in Al Muthanna province between Australian forces of the Overwatch Battle Group (West) and unidentified Iraqi insurgents. The Australians had entered the town to hold discussions at the Iraqi Army barracks when they were engaged by a large ...
The cost of the Iraq war to Australian taxpayers is estimated to have exceeded A$5 billion. The cost of Australia's involvement in Iraq has risen since the initial invasion gave way to a protracted insurgency. Excluding debt relief, the annual cost has risen from just over $400 million in 2003–04 to $576.6 million in the 2007 financial year. [37]
Concerned that the Australian government was monitoring him, Bilardi turned to building explosives in the event he would not be able to leave the country. [4] A recruiter for Jabhat al-Nusra made contact with him in August 2014 and he left for Iraq. [5] [6] [7] Bilardi died in a suicide attack in Ramadi, Iraq on 11 March 2015. The Iraqi Army ...
In 2007, 4,544 militants were killed according to the Iraqi ministries, [141] while the U.S. military claimed 6,747 died. Also, in 2008, 2,028 insurgents were reported killed [142] and in 2009, with the exception of the month of June, 488 were killed according to the Iraqi Defence Ministry. [143]
Today the Iraq-born community in Australia is culturally diverse, with settlers from many ethnic and cultural backgrounds including Arabs, Assyrians, Kurds, Turkomans, and Mandaeans. Although Islam is the dominant religion in Iraq, only 29% of the Iraq-born immigrants living in Victoria are Muslim; 68% are Christian and who are mostly Assyrian.
The attack was the second shark fatality in the country's waters this year, about a month after surfer Lance Appleby was killed off the Southern Australia coast, per BBC and CBS News. It was also ...
At least 126 Iraqis were killed in April, while 132 Iraqis were killed in sectarian violence in Iraq in May 2012. [25] [26] June marked a significant spike in violence, with a major attack occurring on average every three days. At least 237 were killed during the month, with an additional 603 people left injured. [27]
Two Australian nationals and their Filipina companion were killed in a hotel in a popular resort city south of the Philippine capital and police were trying to identify and track down the suspects ...