Tony Abbott says an Australian C-130 Hercules aircraft was not shot at by extremists while delivering humanitarian aid to northern Iraq.
Prime minister - Tony Abbott - downplayed a report by News Corp Australia that a RAAF transport plane was attacked by Islamic State extremists as it dropped aid to the besieged town of Amerli.Reports the RAAF were fired on will only heighten concerns about its involvement in the humanitarian airdrops and in an international airlift of military equipment to Kurdish fighters.The prime minister said the government had carefully assessed the risks before agreeing to the air missions.
Prime minister - Tony Abbott - downplayed a report by News Corp Australia that a RAAF transport plane was attacked by Islamic State extremists as it dropped aid to the besieged town of Amerli.Reports the RAAF were fired on will only heighten concerns about its involvement in the humanitarian airdrops and in an international airlift of military equipment to Kurdish fighters.The prime minister said the government had carefully assessed the risks before agreeing to the air missions.
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