{"id":12099,"date":"2018-04-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/an-australian-arrested-in-iraq-is-receiving-consular-assistance\/"},"modified":"2018-04-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T00:00:00","slug":"an-australian-arrested-in-iraq-is-receiving-consular-assistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/an-australian-arrested-in-iraq-is-receiving-consular-assistance\/","title":{"rendered":"An Australian Arrested In Iraq Is Receiving Consular Assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Defence Minister <strong>Marise Payne<\/strong> confirms an Australian has been arrested in Iraq.<\/p>\n<blockquote><h3>\u201cI can confirm advice today that an Australian is currently detained in Iraq as a result of the ongoing conflict there,\u201d Ms Payne said on Wednesday.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cDue to Privacy Act consideration and that to my knowledge Iraqi authorities have not publicly identified that person, I can\u2019t confirm that identity at this point.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cI can advise that the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is providing consular assistance in accordance with the consular services charter.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/apr\/18\/two-isis-members-of-alleged-sydney-airport-terrorist-plot-arrested-in-iraq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Guardian<\/a> reported that two members of an alleged Sydney terrorist plot had been arrested in Iraq.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Defence Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarisePayne?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MarisePayne<\/a>: I can confirm an Australian has been detained in Iraq, he has been identified by media outlets as Ahmed Merhi. He has been offered consular assistance in accordance with the Consular Services Charter.<br><br>MORE:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lOOhA9brmT\">https:\/\/t.co\/lOOhA9brmT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NewsDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NewsDay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S4wElUWRHA\">pic.twitter.com\/S4wElUWRHA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sky News Australia (@SkyNewsAust) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyNewsAust\/status\/986473236333342720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defence Minister Marise Payne confirms an Australian has been arrested in Iraq. \u201cI can confirm advice today that an Australian is currently detained in Iraq as a result of the ongoing conflict there,\u201d Ms Payne said on Wednesday. \u201cDue to Privacy Act consideration and that to my knowledge Iraqi authorities have not publicly identified that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6042,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-12099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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