Wicked Jester
03-13-2006, 03:48 PM
The government said on Monday it would trim its force in Iraq by 10 percent and that the process of handing over security responsibility for swathes of territory to Iraqi forces could begin within weeks.
Defence Secretary John Reid said plans to cut Britain's troop numbers by 800 in the next few months did not amount to pulling out from whole areas of Iraqi territory. But he said a bigger decision could come soon.
"This is not a result of the big handover or the start of that process," Reid told reporters shortly before announcing the troop cuts in parliament.
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-03-13T171125Z_01_L13773772_RTRUKOC_0_UK-IRAQ-BRITAIN-TROOPS.xml
Didn't the New York Times tell us that Iraq is about to fall into a bloody civil war?
Oh wait they did:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/24/international/middleeast/24cnd-iraq.html?ex=1142398800&en=6672f672935e6e6d&ei=5070
You would think that removing troops would add to the chaos.
I guess the New York Times is just a liberal rag.
Oh, but we all knew that already
Defence Secretary John Reid said plans to cut Britain's troop numbers by 800 in the next few months did not amount to pulling out from whole areas of Iraqi territory. But he said a bigger decision could come soon.
"This is not a result of the big handover or the start of that process," Reid told reporters shortly before announcing the troop cuts in parliament.
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-03-13T171125Z_01_L13773772_RTRUKOC_0_UK-IRAQ-BRITAIN-TROOPS.xml
Didn't the New York Times tell us that Iraq is about to fall into a bloody civil war?
Oh wait they did:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/24/international/middleeast/24cnd-iraq.html?ex=1142398800&en=6672f672935e6e6d&ei=5070
You would think that removing troops would add to the chaos.
I guess the New York Times is just a liberal rag.
Oh, but we all knew that already