PRIME Minister John Howard says he will not send troops to the troubled Darfur region of Sudan because Australia already has heavy military commitments in other parts of the world.
The UN has reportedly asked Australia to contribute military personnel to an international operation to help quell fighting that has killed more than 200,000 and created 2.5 million refugees in Darfur since 2003.
Australia currently has 1,100 troops in East Timor, 970 in Afghanistan, and 1,575 in...guess where? Iraq!
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