Wednesday
Dec172008
Breaking News on the Iraq Non-Story: British Troops to Withdraw
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 8:48
The BBC has just reported from Baghdad the confirmation of Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that British troops will withdraw from Iraq in the first half of 2009.
This, of course, is as dramatic as predicting that the Sun will set in the west. You can expect declarations today--- because they are already being trailed in the British press --- that this is because Britain's "mission is complete" rather than that it will no longer have legal authority to operate in Iraq.
This, of course, is as dramatic as predicting that the Sun will set in the west. You can expect declarations today--- because they are already being trailed in the British press --- that this is because Britain's "mission is complete" rather than that it will no longer have legal authority to operate in Iraq.
tagged BBC, British Withdrawal, Gordon Brown, Nouri al-Maliki in Iraq
BBC, British Withdrawal, Gordon Brown, Nouri al-Maliki in Iraq
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