Britain forced to send more troops to Iraq

Richard Norton-Taylor, Ewen MacAskill and Steven Morris, The Guardian

Britain is to reinforce its military presence in Iraq in a move that reflects increasing concern about the threat to its troops and the inability of local forces to take over responsibility for the country's security. The decision was announced by the Ministry of Defence as the foreign secretary, Margaret Beckett, on her first visit to Iraq, warned that it was making "very slow" progress on security...

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