Australia rejects US request for IS help

Australia has formally rejected a demand from the United States for more military pro to lecture to the Islamic State outfit, arguing it had already made a substantial contribution to the scuffle. US Defence Secretary Ash Carter in December asked coalition partners battling the jihadists and added militants in Iraq and Syria for a greater loyalty behind the Paris attacks in which 130 people were killed. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull signalled at the era that there was no appetite for such a shape and Defence Minister Marise Payne said Australias...

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