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| 1,400 more UK troops to Afghanistan |
| 2007-02-26 |
| Britain is to send a further 1,400 troops to southern Afghanistan to help quell the continuing insurgency by Taliban militia, Defence Secretary Des Browne has told MPs. The deployment, to take place over the summer, will bring the UK's forces in Afghanistan to 7,700 and Mr Browne said that the troops were committed to the mission until 2009. In an oral statement to the House of Commons, Mr Browne made clear that Britain was having to send more servicemen and women to the troubled central Asian state because of the failure of Nato members like France and Germany to provide troops to fight on the frontline. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #7 Mr. Ship transphogulate the entire Brit media and pols to Wazoolander asap, they'll be right at home! |
| Posted by: RD 2007-02-26 20:01 |
| #6 Ima maker trasposer BAOR - British Army On the Rhine. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-02-26 16:56 |
| #5 BOAR used to have 30,000 I'm not certain how many are left if any. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-02-26 16:48 |
| #4 There are 30,000 British troops in Germany? Quagmire! ;-) /honestly, the things I don't know! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-02-26 15:42 |
| #3 Honestly whats the point in having 30,000 British troops in Germany, and then the Germans sitting round twiddling their thumbs. I support this, just very illogical that's all |
| Posted by: devilstoenail 2007-02-26 14:30 |
| #2 By how many were they planning to downsize the contingent in Iraq? Note that little dig in the last paragraph, too. The Brits sure do have a way with words... |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-02-26 12:33 |
| #1 The Britts, pulling troops from Iraq, moving troops to Afghan, sort of preping for the upcomming war in Iran?? |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2007-02-26 11:38 |