Australia contributing 600 troops,up to 10 aircraft to campaign against Islamic State group

CANBERRA, Australia – Terrorists will use Australia’s deployment of troops and war planes to the Middle East as an excuse to target Australians, Prime Minister Tony Abbott warned on Monday.Australia is preparing to contribute 600 troops and up to 10 military aircraft to the increasingly aggressive campaign against the Islamic State extremists in Syria and Iraq, the government announced on Sunday.While Abbott expected extremists to react to Australia’s military deployment to the United Arab Emirates, he noted that 88 Australians were among 202 people killed by bombers on the Indonesian island of Bali in 2002 before Australia went to war in Iraq.”There is no doubt that those who wish us harm will cite things like this as an excuse, but it’s not the reason,” Abbott told Australian Broadcasting Corp. television.”The reason why we are targeted is not because of anything that we’ve done, but because of who we are and how we live,” he said.”This death cult targets everyone and anyone who does not conform to its particular ideology,” he added, referring to the Islamic State movement.

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