Steven Sotloff beheading video 'abundantly justifies' Australia's involvement in Iraq: Tony Abbott

By Lisa Cox
Updated September 3 2014 - 1:08pm, first published 12:03pm
Prime Minister Tony Abbott: "This is a hideous movement that not only does evil, it revels in evil." Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Prime Minister Tony Abbott: "This is a hideous movement that not only does evil, it revels in evil." Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

The release of a video that appears to show the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff by the Islamic State "abundantly justifies" Australia's military involvement in Iraq, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said.

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