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| Britain Denies Pushing U.S. Troop Plan |
| 2005-01-20 |
| The British government underlined on Thursday that it will not "cut and run" from Iraq following that country's election this month, denying reports that London is pushing Washington to set a timetable for withdrawing coalition troops. The official spokesman of Prime Minister Tony Blair said the government was not urging President Bush to announce a timetable. "What is important is not a timetable which is irrespective of the facts in the ground. What is important is that we have a policy that is geared to allowing the Iraqis to take control of their own destiny," he said. The spokesman said the coalition focus remained "Iraqi-ization" _ training the country's armed forces to take responsibility for security. "It is important we do not create a situation in which for the first time a democratically elected government is possible and then abandon it. We will not cut and run is what the prime minister said in April and that remains our position," the spokesman said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Maybe Tony should push for a timetable for US to leave Britain??? They could build new housing. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2005-01-20 10:27:50 AM |
| #2 Or the Oops Machine kicked in. "unidentified government source" Foot, meet mouth. Tony, baby, you still have too many moonbats in your Govt. Your semi-tranzi thingy is causing you too many schizophrenic moments. Get a divorce and grow up, K? |
| Posted by: .com 2005-01-20 10:09:15 AM |
| #1 another media "mistake". |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-01-20 10:00:31 AM |