"there's big fear", page-5

re: big fear The Federal Opposition wants to know why members of a dedicated terrorism-fighting unit are reportedly being sent to Iraq.

There are reports the Federal Government has committed more than 30 members of the Incident Response Regiment (IRR) for possible war.

The role of the IRR is to deal with attacks and threats of a chemical, biological and radiological nature.

Shadow Defence Minister Chris Evans says their deployment would compromise any response to an attack against Australia.