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July 27, 2005
Blair: 'We Will Leave Iraq As Soon As Possible'
Here we go again. British Prime Minister Tony Blair said July 27, 2005 that Britain wants to hand over military control in Iraq as soon as Iraqi forces are capable of handling security. According to the July 28, 2005 Daily Telegraph Online, Mr Blair "said at a press conference at No 10 following talks with Jose Luis Zapatero, the Spanish prime minister": It is the position of Britain, of America, of everybody, that as the Iraqi force capability builds, so the necessity for our support there diminishes. That is not a new announcement. That is the political strategy.
Well, Tony, when will they be capable of handling it? Pull out now, and let the chips fall where they may.
"It's important to keep emphasising that so people in Iraq and the Arab world don't think it's our strategic objective to remain. It is not.
Mr. Blair was responding to a statement by Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari who on July 27, 2005 called for a swift withdrawal of U.S. occupation froces from Iraq.
See "Blair pledge to get forces out as soon as possible."
Posted by Munir Umrani at July 27, 2005 09:45 PM
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