Defeat terror group on the battlefield: defence chief

By David Wroe
Updated August 28 2014 - 12:08pm, first published 5:30am

Australia's defence chief has warned the brutal Islamic State group will sooner or later have to be defeated ''on the battlefield'' as the United States was reportedly preparing to ask Australia for help with air strikes in Iraq.

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