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Iraq: More double-talk from the Brits

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Channel 4 News - Snowmail (UK) - Oct 2, 2007
http://www.channel4.com


Iraq: PM annouces troop cuts

Fresh back from sunkissed Blackpool and there's bad blood between the
Tories and Labour, with Gordon Brown landing in Baghdad and Basra and
somewhat upstaging events besides the Lancashire seaside.

Brown's headline-grabbing move on his Iraq trip has drawn a
particularly personal attack from the Tories' Liam Fox at the podium in
Blackpool.

What the Prime Minister has actually announced does bear close
scrutiny -- he says he wants 1,000 of the current British troops
home "hopefully by Christmas." However, 500 of that reduction had
already been announced by the MoD some months ago.

The drawdown will take to 4,500 the number of British troops at their
Basra Airport base. There's no clear timing as to when there'll be a
further significant reduction, or indeed, total withdrawal.

In sum, there's no real difference from what might have been expected
from Tony Blair -- which will please some and disappoint others.

Some possible questions arise: might Gordon Brown be more disposed to
Britain's deployment in Iraq than some previously thought? Or might his
wish to strike a speedier difference have been tempered by his short
time in the driving seat so far? Or maybe he hasn't got the clout -- or
the inclination -  to disappoint the Americans and simply bring
everyone home?

What every analyst seems to conclude is that getting troops down to
4,500 is basically leaving a group of people whose main job will be to
train Iraqis and to protect each other.

Jonathan Rugman is on the case and we shall be talking live to Colonel
Jorge Mendonca who operated in Basra and who of course was the subject
of an unnsuccessful court martial over the death of Baha Musa.

Our earlier report: http://tinyurl.com/yw2ky9

Channel4 News (UK) - Oct 2, 2007

(VIDEO at link above, but here's the accompanying text -NYTr):

A thousand troops home by Christmas'

By Sue Turton

Gordon Brown has promised that a thousand troops will be home from Iraq
by Christmas - as he faces Tory accusations of letting down Britain's
armed forces.

Is it a prime-ministerial trip to evaluate troop withdrawal in Iraq or
a blatant attempt at stealing the Tories thunder?

Gordon Brown flew into Baghdad this morning to announce that more
British troops would be brought home by the end of the year. If he's
going to call a snap election he's tackling his predecessors' unpopular
war head on.

His visit to the heavily fortified green zone had included a meeting
with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, where Mr Brown had urged for
a renewed effort by Iraq's political parties to work together on
rebuilding their country.

A sentiment the Tories would back wholeheartedly but the timing of his
trip to Baghdad went down like a lead balloon in Blackpool. On the
conference floor, Tory heavyweights tried to make political capital:

"And, you Prime Minister, in your self-indulgent plagiarised, 67 minute
opus last week. How much did you dedicate to Iraq, Afghanistan and our
Armed Forces? 126 words. 126 words. One word for every two service men
and women killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. I hope you remember that when
you are having your photo opportunities in Iraq today." - Liam Fox,
Shadow Defence Secretary.

But on the breakfast sofa this morning their leader shied away from
making Iraq a potential election issue.

Is news of British forces coming home in time for Christmas aimed more
at winning back disaffected Labour voters and Labour MPs opposed to the
war? If so the manner in which it was announced might well backfire.

Mr Brown's government had promised a departure from the Blair years by
telling parliament first about changes in policy before announcing them
to the media.

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