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| British officials deny their troops have failed in Iraq |
| 2007-09-01 |
| Two top British officials on Friday denied that their country's forces had failed in the mission to bring stability to southern Iraq. "Recent weeks have brought a lot of misplaced criticism of the United Kingdom's role in southern Iraq," said Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Defense Secretary Des Browne. "It is time to set the record straight." Writing in The Washington Post newspaper, the two officials said British forces continue to provide overall security and maintain the capability to strike against militias in their area of operations. "We continue to play a key role in southern Iraq, contributing to securing supply routes to Baghdad, training and mentoring Iraqi security forces and building the capacity of the Iraqi border force," the officials said. In particular, they said, British forces have trained an Iraqi army division of more than 13,000 men "that is increasingly capable and has this year made an important contribution to the drive to improve security." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Of course it's stable. It's securely in the hands of the enemy. Al |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2007-09-01 11:23 |
| #3 Two top British officials on Friday denied that their country's forces had failed in the mission to bring stability to southern Iraq. Is it stable? I think not. The Australians are right about you. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2007-09-01 10:35 |
| #2 The British troops haven't failed. Their political leadership may have failed, but not the troops. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-09-01 09:00 |
| #1 A bit of overlap with the story I just posted (Brit General Blasts...), but the AP version was longer. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-09-01 07:28 |