{"id":1054546,"date":"2021-11-25T10:14:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T15:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1054546"},"modified":"2021-11-25T10:14:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T15:14:12","slug":"australia-sending-troops-patrol-boat-to-solomon-islands-as-unrest-builds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australia-sending-troops-patrol-boat-to-solomon-islands-as-unrest-builds\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia Sending Troops, Patrol Boat to Solomon Islands as Unrest Builds"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faustralia-sending-troops-patrol-boat-to-solomon-islands-as-unrest-builds%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1054546&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Australian troops will join a small force of police and diplomats bound for the Solomon Islands on Thursday as civil unrest continues across the tiny South Pacific nation.<\/p>\n<p>The violence comes amid ongoing tensions over the government\u2019s 2019 decision to sever diplomatic ties with Taiwan and establish formal links with China and its ruling Communist Party dictatorship.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirmed the deployment will include a detachment of 23 federal police officers and up to 50 more to provide security at critical infrastructure sites, as well as 43 defense force personnel, a patrol boat and at least five diplomats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur purpose here is to provide stability and security,\u201d Morrison said following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-11-25\/australia-to-send-defence-police-to-solomon-islands\/100651476\">meeting<\/a> of the National Security Committee of cabinet in Canberra.<\/p>\n<p>The Defence ground element will be supplied by the Australian Army\u2019s 3rd Brigade.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The conservative coalition leader says the aid comes at the request of his Solomon Islands\u2019 counterpart, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18895730\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236786871.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18895730 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236786871-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"Smoke from fires rise from buildings in Honiara on the Solomon Islands on November 25, 2021, on the second day of rioting that left the capital ablaze and threatened to topple the Pacific nation&#039;s government. (CHARLEY PIRINGI\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Smoke from fires rise from buildings in Honiara on the Solomon Islands on November 25, 2021, on the second day of rioting that left the capital ablaze and threatened to topple the Pacific nation\u2019s government. (CHARLEY PIRINGI\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18896114\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236788300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18896114\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236788300-1024x591-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"571\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Smoke from burning buildings rise from Honiara on the Solomon Islands on November 25, 2021, on the second day of rioting that left the capital ablaze and threatened to topple the Pacific nation\u2019s government. (ROBERT TAUPONGI\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Sogavare declared a lockdown Wednesday after about 1,000 people gathered in protest in the capital Honiara demanding his resignation over a host of domestic issues, AP <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/australia-scott-morrison-solomon-islands-honiara-23d40c357e9830660ee533c266530dfa\">reports<\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The protesters breached the National Parliament building and burned the thatched roof of a nearby building, the government said.<\/p>\n<p>Australia led an international police and military force called the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands that restored peace in the country after bloody ethnic violence from 2003 until 2017.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18896674\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"42\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-2344074.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18896674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-2344074-1024x680-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"657\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A LCM-8 transport barge approaches the aft door of the HMAS Manoora, which serves as the nerve centre for the Australian-led intervention force, off the coast of Honiara in the Solomon Islands, 29 July 2003. Over 2,200 troops and police from Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Tonga are taking part in Operation Helpem Fren. (TORSTEN BLACKWOOD\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Solomon Islands\u2019 capital Honiara has been wracked with unrest in recent days as&nbsp;the government has faced pressure over a&nbsp;2019 decision to cut ties with Taiwan&nbsp;and establish a formal relationship with China.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand\u2019s foreign ministry said Thursday it had not been approached by the Solomons\u2019 government for assistance, AFP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/asia-pacific\/20211125-buildings-torched-in-second-day-of-anti-government-protests-in-soloman-islands\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian troops will join a small force of police and diplomats bound for the Solomon Islands on Thursday as civil unrest continues across the tiny South Pacific nation. 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