Iraq invasion is blamed as thousands resign from TA (Britain)

cal04

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Wed Jun-14-06 07:57 PM
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Iraq invasion is blamed as thousands resign from TA (Britain)

The Territorial Army has suffered a drastic loss of experienced personnel with almost 16,000 troops quitting since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.

The reserve army, which has been widely used to support under-manned regular units in Iraq, the Balkans and Afghanistan, is now 7,000 below full strength.

In the past year the TA lost 5,000 personnel, leaving 32,000 members. In 1985 it had a strength of 81,000.

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While the TA generally has a high turnover, there is a feeling that Iraq
and other dangerous operations have played a part in making soldiers decide to quit.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/06/15/nta15.xml&DCMP=EMC-new_15062006

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sweetheart

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Wed Jun-14-06 07:59 PM
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1. Liars + war crime + honest news media == bye bye army nt.

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MadMaddie

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Wed Jun-14-06 08:00 PM
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2. Hmmm....the choice to serve and go to a hell hole for no reason

or resign......the choice wasn't difficult...

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orwell

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Wed Jun-14-06 08:00 PM
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3. What if...

...they gave a war and nobody came...

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saigon68

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Wed Jun-14-06 08:00 PM
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4. Its adios to the Corporate Rich and their Dogs of war

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MrPrax

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Wed Jun-14-06 08:17 PM
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5. Great pix...

Thanks...and I DO like short sharp political slogans that cut through the bullshit... :-)

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Tiggeroshii

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Thu Jun-15-06 04:16 PM
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6. Wow.

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