Arabs in Australia Pledge Troops to Defend Emirates
<i> Reuters</i>
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates —
Arabs living in Australia have offered to send 7,000 troops to the United Arab Emirates to help defend it against any attack by Iraq.
The official Emirates news agency WAM said Saturday that groups of Arabs in Australia sent a joint letter promising the support to President Sheik Zayed ibn Sultan al Nuhayan. It did not say if he had accepted.
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