US 'surge' in Iraq 'likely to fail': MPs

Source: afp

US 'surge' in Iraq 'likely to fail': MPs

Mon Aug 13, 3:14 AM ET

LONDON (AFP) - The US "surge" of troops in Iraq is likely to fail, a parliamentary committee said Monday as it delivered a critical report on London's foreign policy in the Middle East.

"It is too early to provide a definitive assessment of the US 'surge' but it does not look likely succeed," the House of Commons Foreign Affairs committee said in a wide-ranging document.

"The committee believes that the success of this strategy will ultimately ride on whether Iraq's politicians are able to reach agreement on a number of key issues."

Instead, it called on the government to set out what action it was taking to foster political reconciliation between Sunni and Shia Muslims and Kurds in Iraq. And it called for evidence of Iran's backing for insurgents in the south.
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We'll be "winning" in Iraq for the next 3 months. Until it's obvious, yet again, that we aren't.

hmmm....