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Move troops to Iran border, Brown told

telegraph.co.uk
16/09/2007
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The US commander in Iraq wants Britain to move a significant proportion of the 5,000 troops garrisoned at Basra airport to cut off the smuggling of Iranian weapons to Shia militias.
But British commanders fear that the move carries a serious risk of embroiling the UK in a war with Iran at a time when they want to withdraw from Iraq.
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Added: Sep-16-2007 
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  • There going to use the brits to make it look like American never started it.

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  • WhiteGale: "Do your own dirty work, Yankee bumholes!

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    Yeah, God forbid the self-hating British actually did something besides whine like little girls, never mind get dirty!

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  • yea, looks mighty fishy to me... it almost seems like Petraeus can do what he likes with them!? "Ah-a, where are you going Brits, you not going to leave us now! right when the real stuff is going to start!... take your positions"

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  • there wont be any war. What you see is just a show to feed the public. How else can they spend tax payers money.

    There will not be a war. Mark my words

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  • I think it's the "they are doing nothing at the air port at least they would be cutting down a little land of where troops and weapons would be smuggled in."

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  • 5000, is that all you sent! All your pissing and moaning over 5000 guys!

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  • Thinking that there weren't 19 arabs hijacking planes and running them into the WTC is pretty insane. Present some evidence of this and not not cited no back up bullshit please.

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  • Sportster: "5000, is that all you sent! All your pissing and moaning over 5000 guys! "
    You only need 5000 highly skilled U.S. Soldiers to do the damn job. WTF...

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  • they are just now going to send more troops to the iranian border? i support going into iraq but the people running things are pretty fucking slow.

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  • ChillPill: "it wont be long till there is a war with iran
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    Unfortunately, I believe you are correct.

    Sorry for this England, Scotland, France, ahh oh Germany, Albania (apparently), Italy? (uh I don't think so), Russ...nevermind that one, either. Hmmm. Who else, any of those little Island nations that like our "money". Who else? ahh ...

    Sweden! You in one this?
    Packing the "Archer" for us?
    We'll supply the "Excalibers"

    jk. lol. All right peopl More..

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  • ChillPill: "it wont be long till there is a war with iran
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    im quite scared for out troops. iran has 18 million fit military service. it would be like ants crawling over the hills. we definetly need to sort out the b52s

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  • Brits for cannon fodder. What a surprise.

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  • arqerwill: "yea, looks mighty fishy to me... it almost seems like Petraeus can do what he likes with them!? "Ah-a, where are you going Brits, you not going to leave us now! right when the real stuff is going to start!... take your positions""
    My guess is Iran will slip up, and many of the British will want this anyways.

    That does make it "fishy" as Newlyn in the heat of July!

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