No Aussie troops for US, says angry PM - Yahoo! Australia & NZ News

No Aussie troops for US, says angry PM - Yahoo! Australia & NZ News:

"Prime Minister John Howard says sending Australian troops into hurricane-devastated New Orleans without the permission of US authorities could have led to further chaos and possibly bloodshed.
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Opposition Leader Kim Beazley said earlier Australian troops on postings in the United States could have been sent to the disaster zone where up to 20 Australians remain unaccounted for.

Mr Beazley suggested the Australian representatives could have talked their way through as television news crews had done."