article_snippet.sent: Australian soldiers are embarking on a two-year mission in Iraq, but will be spending it 'behind the wire' not engaging in combat, Defence Minister Kevin Andrews said.
article_snippet.sent: Defence Minister Kevin Andrews replied: 'I'm not going to go into operational matters.'
article_snippet.sent: Earlier that day, the Prime Minister announced Australian troops would return to Iraq with the aim to provide Iraqi security forces with the skills and training to defend Australian troops country, to degrade and ultimately defeat the forces of Islamic State or Daesh.
article_snippet.sent: Defence Minister Kevin Andrews said Australian troops would not accompany the Iraqi forces Australian troops train into battle. '
article_snippet.sent: No, Australian troops stay, to use the expression, inside the wire.
article_snippet.sent: Australian troops won't be going outside the Taji base.
article_snippet.sent: This is a stark contrast with deployments over the past decade when troops conducted sweeping patrols across southern Iraq, occasionally contacting insurgent forces.
article_snippet.sent: Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced on Tuesday Prime Minister Tony Abbott cabinet had given the go-ahead for deployment of Task Force Taji, 330 Australian and 100 new Zealand troops to train Iraqi soldiers for the next two years.
article_snippet.sent: Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Iraq was a dangerous place and the mission was not risk-free.
article_snippet.sent: The joint force deployment this week coincides with the centenary of Anzac.
highlights_snippet.sent: But Defence Minister Kevin Andrew said they would not be engaging in combat on front lines .