Australia now cites US alliance as a key reason for joining Iraq war
Both before and after the war, Prime Minister John Howard and Foreign Minister Alexander Downer repeatedly cited Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (WMD) as the principal justification for joining President George W. Bush's "coalition of the willing."
But Howard said Tuesday that in all his public addresses arguing the case for joining the US-led invasion, he had "placed very heavy reliance on the importance of the American alliance."
The change in emphasis came a day after being accused by a parliamentary panel of exaggerating the case for joining the Iraq war.
Australia committed 2000 Australian troops to the US-led conflict.
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