Basra attacks down 90% since British troops left

mkpdavies · 18-11-2007, 04:30 PM

http://www.digitaljournal.com/articl...sh_troops_left

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A spokesman for the British Army said violence in Basra has fallen dramatically after the British forces withdrew from the southern Iraqi city early this year. By next month, British will end its combat role in Iraq.
In early September, 500 British soldiers left one of Saddam Hussein’s palaces in the heart of the city in early September and they also stopped conducting regular foot patrols. Since then, the overall level of violence is down 90% according to the British Army spokesman.

The spokesman said, the violence is still there, the Iraqi security still come under attack from the militants in Basra, but has declined by more than 90%.

British forces will fully relinquish control of Basra province to Iraq officials next month and will officially end Britain’s combat role in Iraq. Will US army be the next?

Supporters of war had said if army forces leave the violence will rise, but in Basra, the opposite is being seen. The US army can leave and until normalcy is restored an UN International Peacekeeping force with Arab countries participation to mollify the locals can remain in Iraq. Al-Qaeda or the separatists will have no excuse then to cause violence in Iraq.

Get the hell out and the Iraqi's will boot any "insurgence" out now. They don't want to be under Sharia law. Not even Saddam put them through that.

rjt · 19-11-2007, 07:02 AM

More evidence if any were needed that the British in Iraq were and will always be part of the problem not the soulution. I pray for the day that this illegal and imoral war ends.

19-11-2007, 07:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
rjt Uber Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Aldershot Posts: 5,292	More evidence if any were needed that the British in Iraq were and will always be part of the problem not the soulution. I pray for the day that this illegal and imoral war ends. __________________ Mr Delors said that he wanted the European Parliament to be the democratic body of the community, The Commission to be The Executive and The Council Of Ministers The Senate. NO! NO! NO! (Margaret Thatcher 30 Oct 1990) Ignore List: The Prophets of ST Al the Unelectable.

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