Top British commander calls Iraq "a civil war in miniature"
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Britain's top commander in Iraq has joined a growing debate over whether Iraq has descended into civil war, insisting it was &quot;at the very best, a civil war in miniature.&quot;
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A British army colonel accused of failing to stop soldiers from abusing Iraqi detainees said in a letter that rough conditions in southern Iraq sometimes "got the better of otherwise professional troops," prosecutors said Friday in a court-martial proceeding.
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A senior American commander in Iraq said Tuesday that U.S.-led military operations are "stifling" the insurgency in western Anbar province but are not strong enough to defeat it.
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The UK leader says he is determined to "stand firm" in the face of bloodshed and insecurity in Iraq.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Tuesday violence must not upset plans to hold nationwide elections in Iraq, whose prime minister indicated the government was gearing up to retake rebel strongholds.
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The Ministry of Defence plays down an attack on US post-war policy in Iraq by the former British army chief.
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Violence in Iraq has fallen to its lowest level since before a 2006 mosque attack which unleashed reprisal sectarian killings, the number two commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said on Thursday.
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In the relatively calm south, the commander of a British battle group that is preparing to move to riskier areas to support US efforts to fight the insurgency was due to talk about the deployment.
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The commanding officer of three British soldiers accused of mistreating Iraqi civilians denied that he was making his soldiers "sacrificial lambs" to save his own career.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said that the redeployment of 850 crack British troops to a volatile area southwest of Baghdad was &quot;a limited operation for a limited period&quot;.
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The commander of US forces in Iraq says violence has decreased, but the country still faces many problems.
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LONDON, Sept. 21 -- The commander of the British army said Friday that the recent withdrawal of British forces from downtown Basra was part of a "successful" strategic plan for Iraq and not the result of pressure from Shiite militias.
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NATO allies were considering urgent calls to bolster the size of their force in Afghanistan, where Britain's senior commander described fighting as more ferocious than in Iraq.
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The former head of the British Army is outspokenly critical of U.S. military policy in Iraq. Gen. Sir Mike Jackson discusses planning for the Iraq War, the problem with Washington's neocons and the military withdrawal from Basra.
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One of Britain's top military commanders said commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan have left the British army with no reserves, a newspaper reported.
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The top US commander in Iraq considers cutting troop numbers by about 4,000, media reports say.
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Britain's new army chief has warned that the country's military forces are stretched to the very limit, as three soldiers died in a grim day for Britons on the frontline in Afghanistan and Iraq.