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The head of the British Army has said the presence of UK armed forces in Iraq "exacerbates the security problems".
In an interview in the Daily Mail, Sir Richard Dannatt, Chief of the General Staff, is quoted as saying the British should "get out some time soon".
Found on Antiwar.com
UPDATE FROM BLOG "HAVE SKUNK"
Plus: The head of the British Army, General Sir Richard Dannatt, says, "We must quit Iraq soon." The Brits get it. -- snips follow -->
"He added: 'I am going to stand up for what is right for the army. Honesty is what it is about. The truth will out. We have got to speak the truth.' ...
Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs spokesman Michael Moore said: 'This is the frankest assessment we have had about Iraq. It illustrates that the government has no clear strategy.' ...
The party's defence spokesman Nick Harvey added: "This drives a coach and horses through the government's foreign policy."
SIRATYST (Stuff I Read and Thought You Should Too) -- “To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace.” (Calgacus, as quoted by Tacitus, Agricola 30-31)"
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