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SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Australians' support for the Iraq war has fallen in the past year, with two-thirds now saying the war was not worthwhile, according to results of a poll published Saturday.
The survey, conducted by Newspoll and published in The Australian newspaper, was bad news for Prime Minister John Howard, a staunch U.S. ally who has vowed to keep Australia's 1,320 troops in and around Iraq as long as they are needed.
In the poll, 66 percent of Australians said they believed the war was not worthwhile, up from 58 percent a year ago, the newspaper said. Just 27 percent believed the war was worthwhile, compared with 32 percent a year earlier.
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