Release of ‘missing papers’ from 2003 shines a light on how Australian troops were sent to fight the Iraq War
- Written by David Lee, Associate Professor of History, UNSW Sydney
On March 14, the National Archives of Australia (NAA) released documents from the Howard Government’s National Security Committee (NSC) of cabinet. They all relate to Australia’s entry into the Iraq War in 2003.
This tranche goes beyond the archive’s release of a selection of the records of full cabinet on January 1 2024.
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