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What Michael Portillo saw in Basra

March 27, 2009 – 12:25 pm

. . . highlights the tragedy of a wasteful adventure which cost the lives of soldiers, civilians and insurgents, and ended in unnecessary and undeserved ignominy for the British Army
“Our departure from Iraq ends a dismal period in our military history” writes Michael Portillo, former (Conservative) UK Defence Secretary, in this week’s excellent edition of [...]

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Iraqi civilian daily death toll returns to pre-surge levels

January 4, 2009 – 9:59 pm

“We don’t do body counts” – General Tommy Franks
Apart from the grim news of 23 people dead at a Sunni meeting four days ago, followed by over 40 deaths at a Shia shrine on 4 January, there are ominous signs that rumours of a peaceful withdrawal from Iraq are sadly exaggerated. Iraq Bodycount, the most [...]

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