Original article by Darren Davidson Stephen Brook
The Australian – Page: Online : 30-Jul-18

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull may file a formal complaint against the ABC over a story regarding the US and Iran. The online story suggested "unnamed senior figures" in the Australian government had indicated the US could launch a strike on Iran as soon as August. Turnbull noted that neither he, the Foreign Minister, the Defence Minister, or the head of the Australian Defence Force had been contacted prior to the story being published. US Defence Secretary James Mattis has described the ABC story as "fiction".

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