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March 26, 2008
The Iraq Surge... Again
With fighting surging in Basra and other parts of Iraq, the Government is, yet again, squirming out of holding an enquiry into how this whole mess got started. With 4,000 dead Americans and a current best estimate of 1,200,000 dead Iraqi's, Tony Blair is taking a little time out from solving the Middle East conflict to to talk about 'Faith and Globilisation' at Westminster Abbey. Marvellous.
To keep track of the people who are actually responsible for starting our involvement, its worth a look at http://www.holdthemtoaccount.com/
This is definetely a long term Project for the New "choose your own" Century. So, if you are still at school and thinking of joining up for this never ending jolly foreign colonial escapade, better check this out first: http://www.beforeyousignup.info
Update: A British soldier was killed in Iraq in the early hours of this morning.
Posted by andrew on March 26, 2008 4:17 PM in the category War in Iraq
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The 4100 British troops at Basra airport are not doing anything that their leaders have stated they are supposed to be doing, nor anything Brown and Browne state they are doing - training Iraqi government forces, or backing up Iraqi government forces if there is an outbreak of fierce fighting (rather than expressions of unrest).
The Iraqi government forces currently fighting in the former British sector in the south are trained by the United States, and none of the British troops have left their base at the airport, despite widespread and major battles taking place in the last week and continuing today.
It looks as if they are there to prevent any full scale enquiry beginning into the war. As many reports suggest they are so few as to be barely able to defend themselves if seriously attacked, any pressure that can be brought on the New Labour regime to withdraw them should be applied.
Posted by: hatfield girl ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/nav-commenters.gif)
at March 26, 2008 5:36 PM
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