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| UpdatedThe Iraqi air force has carried out a series of air strikes on a residence where Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was thought to be meeting other commanders, the Iraqi military says, without clarifying whether or not he had been hit.
Topics: terrorism, world-politics, army, unrest-conflict-and-war, iraq
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| UpdatedThe most senior Australian leading the Coalition fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq warns the terrorist organisation's ruthless tactics could be replicated by others around the world.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, army, defence-forces, terrorism, iraq, syrian-arab-republic, australia, united-states
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Indonesia's military chief says he has accepted an apology from the Australian Army over offensive training material used at a special forces base, but suspended military cooperation will not resume until the President has been consulted.
Topics: world-politics, army, indonesia, australia, asia
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| UpdatedA soldier badly injured in a fatal Army truck crash tells a Sydney court the driver was "deliberately" aiming for potholes and trying to get the vehicle to slide around bends at the Holsworthy Army Barracks.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, army, holsworthy-2173
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| UpdatedLieutenant General Angus Campbell took part in a hasty diplomatic mission to Washington to convince the new Trump administration to honour the refugee resettlement deal struck with President Obama, the ABC confirms.
Topics: government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, army, refugees, donald-trump, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedA trainee soldier, driving a large Army vehicle, was still on his civilian L plates and had very little driver training before an accident that killed Sapper Jordan Penpraze, a Sydney court hears.
Topics: army, defence-forces, accidents, courts-and-trials, holsworthy-2173, sydney-2000
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Gambians celebrate in the streets as a West African regional military force enters the capital city of Banjul and takes control of the presidential palace, the symbolic seat of ex-ruler Yahya Jammeh's 22-year authoritarian regime.
Topics: world-politics, army, gambia
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The Gambia President Adama Barrow declares "the rule of fear has been banished for good" as former leader Yahya Jammeh flies into exile in Equatorial Guinea after stepping down under pressure from West African nations.
Topics: world-politics, defence-forces, army, gambia
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| UpdatedRepercussions for the Top End from the recent strain on national military ties between Australia and Indonesia are yet to be determined, the Indonesian consul to the Northern Territory says.
Topics: defence-forces, defence-and-national-security, army, navy, air-force, government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, darwin-0800
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More than 1,000 job opportunities will be made available to veterans thanks to a new program run by Soldier On.
Topics: veterans, army, defence-forces, unemployment, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedPolice and the Australian Defence Force launch an investigation after several rifles were stolen during a break-in on the New South Wales mid-north coast.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, police, crime, defence-and-national-security, defence-forces, army, taree-2430
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| UpdatedIn an interview on February 11, 2016, former head of the Army David Morrison says will not be spending time addressing the "Jedi Council" during his year as Australian of the Year.
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| UpdatedAn attempt to remove David Morrison as the 2016 Australian of the Year is defeated in Federal Parliament, as the controversy over his handling of the so-called Jedi Council sex scandal intensifies.
Topics: defence-forces, army, law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, canberra-2600, australia, act
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Land holders in north Queensland are facing a tough battle against the Department of Defence over compulsory land acquisition so Singaporean forces can train in the area.
Topics: beef-cattle, cattle-feedlots, army, defence-forces, federal-government, townsville-4810, charters-towers-4820, singapore
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Topics: beef-cattle, cattle-feedlots, army, defence-forces, federal-government, townsville-4810, charters-towers-4820
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Topics: beef-cattle, army, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedA former commando at the centre of one of Australia's most controversial and secret military cases begins legal proceedings against the Australian Government and the former director of military prosecutions, Brigadier Lynette McDade, for malicious prosecution.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, defence-forces, army, unrest-conflict-and-war, law-crime-and-justice, australia, afghanistan
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| UpdatedArtillery fire and shelling from India targeted several Pakistani villages and struck a passenger bus in the disputed region of Kashmir, killing 12 civilians and injuring more than a dozen others, Pakistani officials say.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, defence-and-national-security, defence-forces, army, pakistan, india, asia
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Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, unrest-conflict-and-war, defence-forces, army, human-interest, community-and-society, ukraine
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Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, defence-forces, army, human-interest, community-and-society, ukraine
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| UpdatedThere are fears Ukraine's war threatens Europe's stability and the death toll has risen to 9,700. But far from thinking about peace, the fighters and their support base behind the lines are digging in.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, defence-forces, army, human-interest, community-and-society, ukraine
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| UpdatedRumbling around a farm on an ex-World War II tank is a lot of fun, but the Busted Arse Tank Repairs and Co has a more serious aim as well — to keep these vehicles running to honour their history.
Topics: history, army, men, agricultural-machinery, family, oberon-2787
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An Aboriginal soldier's remains will be returned home to Raukkan, near the Murray Mouth, almost 100 years after he was buried in an unmarked grave in Adelaide.
Topics: world-war-1, history, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, army, defence-forces, adelaide-5000, raukkan-5259, sa
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| UpdatedThe Governor of Uruzgan pleads for Australian forces to return to the Afghan province, as Afghan soldiers surrender and join the Taliban.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, defence-forces, army, afghanistan, australia
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Topics: army, world-politics, government-and-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, turkey