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SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Australia's conservative prime minister slammed U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Sunday over the candidate's opposition to the Iraq war, saying it encourages terrorists and threatens to destabilize the Middle East.
The first-term U.S. senator announced Saturday that he will run for the White House in 2008, saying the country's first priority should be to end the war in Iraq.
Obama has also introduced a bill to prevent U.S. President George W. Bush from increasing American troop levels in Iraq, and to remove U.S. combat forces from the country by March 31, 2008. (Watch as Obama outlines his plans for Iraq -- 1:12 )
However, the legislation has virtually no chance of becoming law while Bush is president.
Australian Prime Minister John Howard, who will face his own re-election bid later this year, said Obama's policy would spell disaster for the Middle East.
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Howard slams Obama on Iraq policy - CNN.com
This afternoon I saw Obama responding by saying USA had provided 160000 troops to Iraq. Australia should've sent 20000 troops since Howard is so concerned about terrorism. However, Australia only sent 1400 troops...
John Coward retaliated by saying Australia is smaller than USA in size and population.