British troops 'in Iraq for ten years'

"Key points
• Brigadier Carter warns UK soldiers could be in Iraq for decade.

BRITISH troops may have to stay in Iraq for up to ten years to ensure security, the commanding officer of British forces in the southern Iraqi city of Basra told The Scotsman yesterday.

Brigadier Nick Carter’s warning came as the security situation in southern Iraq deteriorated after a day in which British troops came under sustained attack from supporters of the Shiite cleric Muqtadr al- Sadr, in the town of al-Amarah.

Tony Blair, the Prime Minister, yesterday admitted that the coalition underestimated how unstable the security situation in Iraq would become after the toppling of Saddam Hussein."

UUh?? Ten years?
Liberation my ass!!!
:indeed:

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