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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-04 07:54 AM
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UK's Blair says no plans to increase Iraq troops
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L21526664.htm

LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - Britain has no plans to increase the number of its troops in Iraq, Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday, after suicide bombers killed at least 68 people in the British-patrolled southern city of Basra.

"We are satisfied that we have sufficient troops in Basra," Blair told parliament. "We don't have plans to increase the number."

There are about 7,500 British troops in Iraq according to the Ministry of Defence.

"Of course, we always have to keep that situation under review but at the present time the British troops are managing actually extremely well down there," he added.

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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-04 08:22 AM
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1. The Spaniards are pulling out, the Poles are thinking out loud about it
And the Frat Boy's staunchest ally in the coalition of the willing won't do any more.

Can you say fiasco?
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