Britain to cut troop levels in Iraq - Democratic Underground

Jon8503

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Mon Sep-20-04 09:45 PM
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Britain to cut troop levels in Iraq

Jason Burke, chief reporter
Sunday September 19, 2004
The Observer

The British Army is to start pulling troops out of Iraq next month despite the deteriorating security situation in much of the country, The Observer has learnt.

The main British combat force in Iraq, about 5,000-strong, will be reduced by around a third by the end of October during a routine rotation of units.

The news came amid another day of mayhem in Iraq, which saw a suicide bomber kill at least 23 people and injure 53 in the northern city of Kirkuk. The victims were queueing to join Iraq's National Guard.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1307968,00.html

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Texas_Dem

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Mon Sep-20-04 09:49 PM
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1. Here ladies and gentlemen

is the real news. Not any damn memo from 30 years ago.

This so called coalition shrub boasts about is an illusion. My question (which I already know the answer) is: Why do we have to go to foreign news sources to find out what is happening in this country?

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Erika

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Mon Sep-20-04 09:56 PM
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2. Agreed.

Blair is not only eliminating troops in Iraq, he is also distancing himself from the very unpopular Bush.

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