Australia wanted bigger United Nations role in post-Saddam Iraq, declassified report reveals

By David Wroe
Updated February 27 2017 - 1:08pm, first published February 26 2017 - 12:15am
An American soldier in Baghdad in 2003. Photo: Jason South
An American soldier in Baghdad in 2003. Photo: Jason South
Hundreds of brick ovens creating the bricks needed for the rebuilding of Iraq in 2003. Photo: Jason South
Hundreds of brick ovens creating the bricks needed for the rebuilding of Iraq in 2003. Photo: Jason South
Two workers high above the Arahman Mosque being constructed in Baghdad in 2003. Photo: Jason South
Two workers high above the Arahman Mosque being constructed in Baghdad in 2003. Photo: Jason South

Australia wanted the United Nations to play a bigger role in the reconstruction of Iraq after the 2003 invasion but was rebuffed by the Bush administration, a declassified report reveals.

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