Prime Minister, John Howard, accompanied by the CDF, (General Peter Cosgrove), make a surprise ANZAC Day visit to Australian personnel serving in Baghdad. A planned visit to HMAS STUART, then serving in the Northern Arabian Gulf, was cancelled due to the ship’s commitment to security actions following the suicide bombings of oil terminals near the port cities of Basra and Al Faw, the day before.
Australian Naval History on 25 April 2004
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