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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Prime Minister John Howard's fracas with Sen. Barack Obama provoked a third straight day of political recriminations Wednesday, as the Australian leader told parliament that the pledge by the Democratic presidential candidate to withdraw troops from Iraq will only invite more bloodshed.
Howard, a staunch ally of President Bush's global war against terror, suffered blistering attacks from members of the center-left Labor Party, who want to bring home Australian troops in Iraq.
Howard on Sunday told an Australian TV network that al-Qaida would be praying for victories by Obama and the Democrats. His comments came one day after the Illinois senator, who has introduced legislation to withdraw U.S. troops by March 31, 2008, entered the race for the Democratic nomination.
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