There is a surge AGAINST the surge! UK is pulling 3,000 soldiers out of Iraq.

[RiverStone]

LONDON: On a day when U.S. President George W. Bush provoked anger and ridicule by announcing a "surge'' in American troops in Iraq, Britain was reported to be planning to pull out some 3,000 troops by May.

Media reports said that the British military presence in Iraq was expected to be reduced to 4,500 by May 31 after the proposed withdrawal from Basra.

Currently, Britain has a little over 7,000 troops, mostly in southern Iraq, and in recent months they have come under repeated attacks from groups resisting foreign occupation.

According to a report in The Daily Telegraph, Britain plans to hand over "all security'' in Basra to Iraqi security forces by May-end.

more:

http://www.thehindu.com/2007/01/12/stories/2007011203591700.htm

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So even Shrub's best war mongering ally has decided to reduce rather then escalate troop levels.

His isolation grows deeper by the day...

[rodeodance]

1. they were shedule to soon as far as I know.

[The Count]

2. I guess they share *s confidence in Maleki - they leave it all to him...

:sarcasm:

[valerief]

3. So if it's not an insurge, then it must be an outsurge. nt

[Castleman]

4. Hey, Dumbya has it all figured out

Generals Walther Wenck and Felix Stiener will be bringing their armies (9th and 11th) in to resolve the issue.





(C'mon history buffs, this one's a gimme...)

[AtomicKitten]

5. this was already scheduled and probably part

of the reason Junior has scheduled the influx of troops. Oh, that and the fact that he has no clue what he is doing other than protecting his corporate cronyism interests.

[lligrd]

6. Coalition Of The Leaving

I was just wondering how many troops would be needed to make up for all of our allies troops leaving.