Does it appear that the British are trying to sneak out of Iraq will little or no fanfare to you?

NNN0LHI

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Sat Jul-07-07 08:36 AM
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Does it appear that the British are trying to sneak out of Iraq will little or no fanfare to you?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multinational_force_in_Iraq

United Kingdom: 45,000 invasion--5,500 current (5/07)

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patricia92243

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Sat Jul-07-07 08:38 AM
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1. I thought they announced sometime back that they are leaving - no sneaking - just doing what they sa

said they would do.

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NNN0LHI

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Sat Jul-07-07 08:42 AM
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3. I have read reports of them leaving dozens of times over the past years

The poodle or one of his puppies would always come out and deny that was the case shortly thereafter.

The figures don't lie though.

Don

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Botany

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Sat Jul-07-07 08:41 AM
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2. The U.K.'s new Prime Minister has promised a total pull out.

"They" know it is a no win situtation and are getting out. Hell, even with
Tony Blair in power the Brits turned walked away from the second largest
city in Iraq, Basra.

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NNN0LHI

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Sat Jul-07-07 08:44 AM
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4. Did the new PM say when he was totally pulling out of Iraq?

Thanks.

Don

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Botany

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Sat Jul-07-07 09:16 AM
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5. I can't find the quote but I believe that he said total pull out ...

.... in something like 100 days.

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muriel_volestrangler

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Sat Jul-07-07 12:02 PM
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7. No - no timetable at all

This is what he said in Prim Minster's Questions, Wed 4th July 2007:

Iraq

Mr Brown ruled out a call from the Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Menzies Campbell, to set a date for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq.

The prime minister said that the UK had obligations to the United Nations and the Iraqi government.

"We are not going to break these obligations at this stage."

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/commons/story/0,,2119089,00.html

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ThomWV

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Sat Jul-07-07 09:20 AM
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6. Yeah, and why don't we "sneak" our asses out of there right behind them?

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