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British Army Head says pack Iraq in.

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    mike65
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    mike65 wrote:
    I think this could be more chorographed than it might appear.

    Say something shocking, have it repudiated, lots of talk about "what if we did pull out? well Afganistan is more pressing internationaly" etc.

    Then quietly the government via various sources starts to let it be known that a pull out is going to happen at some point sooner rather than latter.

    Before you know it Pulling Out is the new Going In.

    Fancy that! ;)

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6173234.stm
    She said she expected Najaf to be the next city to be transferred to Iraqi control in December.

    And she predicted that British-controlled Maysan could follow in January.

    Mrs Beckett's comments are the most explicit the government has been about the timetable for a reduction in British troops.

    According to a defence source, the plan is for forces to leave Basra City and pull back to a base at the airport during the next rotation of British troops in the spring.

    BBC correspondent David Loyn, in Baghdad, said sources were describing the proposal as a "real rethink of policy".

    Mike.


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