Blair to Announce UK Iraq Withdrawal Timetable
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Blair to Announce UK Iraq Withdrawal Timetable
BBC: Blair 'to confirm Iraq timetable'
Tony Blair is expected to announce a timetable for the withdrawal of UK troops from Iraq.
The prime minister is due to make an announcement in the House of Commons on Wednesday in which he is expected clarify the details.
Mr Blair is expected to say hundreds of troops will return from Basra within weeks with more to follow later.
Some 7,000 UK troops are currently serving in Iraq and about 1,500 are expected to return within weeks.
Tony Blair is expected to announce a timetable for the withdrawal of UK troops from Iraq.
The prime minister is due to make an announcement in the House of Commons on Wednesday in which he is expected clarify the details.
Mr Blair is expected to say hundreds of troops will return from Basra within weeks with more to follow later.
Some 7,000 UK troops are currently serving in Iraq and about 1,500 are expected to return within weeks.
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I hope he's thought through and planned this better than almost anything else he's done. Good news but not so good if it's an invitation for a Middle East type blood bath.
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I don't want to worry you all but did you hear that the UN has agreed to send forces to Somalia.
Make the most of your rest I think it could be the case of Same s*** different country
Make the most of your rest I think it could be the case of Same s*** different country
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Just wait for all the anti AT threads that about to flood the sites
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never mind you can all start the anti movers threads again
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Indeed! He is the clown of the decade.
Does anyone ever believe what Tony B. Liar says? He has made so many promises over the years and rarely do any come to fulfilment. He’s the original Plonker!
What happened to his quote "All of our troops will be out by Christmas 2006"? Did he forget what he had said? Never a mention of "I made a mistake".
The man has less creditability than Mickey Mouse.
It’s amazing how long he has managed to fool people.
.never mind you can all start the anti movers threads again
.Indeed! He is the clown of the decade.
Does anyone ever believe what Tony B. Liar says? He has made so many promises over the years and rarely do any come to fulfilment. He’s the original Plonker!
What happened to his quote "All of our troops will be out by Christmas 2006"? Did he forget what he had said? Never a mention of "I made a mistake".
The man has less creditability than Mickey Mouse.
It’s amazing how long he has managed to fool people.
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Another non-announcement much trumpeted in advance. No numbers and no timetable. This 'announcement' has rather more to do with the expected shoeing in the English local, Scottish Parliamentary and Welsh Assembly elections in May than it has to do with any assessment of the security situation in Southern Iraq.
No real surprise that the spin started coming out of the ether on the day the Grauniad published an ICM poll showing the Tories with a lead large enough to form a majority, with reports of NuLabour backbenchers 'looking pale'.
As usual, "Tough it out Tone" is quite happy to lay Servicemen & womens' lives on the line; but as soon as there's a threat to his 'legacy' (leaving in May after a drubbing with his tail between his legs), he starts spinning and dissembling.
It doesn't really matter whether we stay for another 2 months or 20 years, Iraq will go to (or rather remain in) hell in a handcart when we leave.
No real surprise that the spin started coming out of the ether on the day the Grauniad published an ICM poll showing the Tories with a lead large enough to form a majority, with reports of NuLabour backbenchers 'looking pale'.
As usual, "Tough it out Tone" is quite happy to lay Servicemen & womens' lives on the line; but as soon as there's a threat to his 'legacy' (leaving in May after a drubbing with his tail between his legs), he starts spinning and dissembling.
It doesn't really matter whether we stay for another 2 months or 20 years, Iraq will go to (or rather remain in) hell in a handcart when we leave.
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The word that springs to mind is "futile". Obviously we will not be able to tell for a number of years as to whether our incursion actually achieved anything. The cynic in me says not. I then look at the cost in human life (both military and civilian).
I just hope it was all worthwhile.
I just hope it was all worthwhile.
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Couldn't help but notice the NATO request for more troops yet again the other day and that the Horn of Africa is in dire need of support. Labour and in particular Broon will rue the day they stuffed the military. We are going to need our forces more and more in the next few years but our Govt blew all the money on the NHS in particular non-productive posts. Oh well they will never learn, just as our troops will never rest. Just wonder who is going to stick around to do the job.
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Let's see now. Had it not been for this non-announcement, what would have been top of the day's news agenda?
Not Police Question Blair Aide Again perchance?
PM "hopes" to reduce troop numbers by 1600 on next rotation "if curcumstances allow." If I were sausage-side in the sandpit, I wouldn't be getting my hopes up.
Not Police Question Blair Aide Again perchance?
PM "hopes" to reduce troop numbers by 1600 on next rotation "if curcumstances allow." If I were sausage-side in the sandpit, I wouldn't be getting my hopes up.
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Good news for anyone who gets to come home early, but feel sorry for the last few thousand who will get "forgotten" in that hellhole by the Government and the ever fickle media.
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I think that viz hit the nail on the head in his post, I shoud imagine that the pay rise will be forthcoming after this news. (I seem to remember being taught the "Bath Tub" effect many a moon ago. Bring the troops up, down and then up again), lets just wait and see.
