John Reid
John Reid
committed iraq stand tough
We will stand by Iraq when times are tough and we will be a committed friend, not a fair-weather friend,
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We will withdraw from Iraq when the job is done, not before,
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Every day that they (militants) can generate articles telling westerners that Iraq is in turmoil is a day they feel they have done a good job, ... So let's not sell short the progress that is being made.
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The total number of troops in Iraq following the deployment of 7 Armored Brigade will be around 8,000,
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While we take what happened seriously, and I stand by everything that our commander on the spot did, don't let's take one incident like that and try to pretend that it reflects the whole of even the Iraqi police force,
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We are not saying that everyone will be out by the end of 2006 but we are saying that this process - despite the terrorist attempts to destroy it - is going relatively well, and, in the course of the next year, we could well see the handover to Iraqi forces at certain places in Iraq, including in our own area,
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Troops are facing a dark time in Iraq but we won't quit,
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Many of those present were clearly prepared well in advance to cause trouble, and we believe that the majority of Iraq people would deplore this violence,
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What happened yesterday was that two of our service men were arrested by Iraqi police and under the law as it stands they should have been handed back to the military authorities,
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There has not been a fundamental breakdown in trust between the British government and the Iraqi government,
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It is with deep regret that I can confirm the death of two British soldiers, killed by a terrorist bomb as they carried out their duties in south-east Iraq this morning.
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It will not affect the relationship between Iraq and Britain,
iranians position taken
The position that has been taken by the Iranians is so extreme,
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We believe that there are elements of Iranian society - I put it no higher than that - who may well be associated with the attacks on British troops,