Troops to stay in Iraq until 2006

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

Several thousand British troops will remain in Iraq until at least 2006, Tony Blair said yesterday during a surprise visit to forces stationed in the south of the country.

http://www.news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2372014

That's all there is. Frm Blair's visit to Iraq.


Gee. Kinda puts a pin in Bush's baloon of our getting out b4 election day.

[twilight]

1. More of the same here - no way out before the election

<<WASHINGTON - Desperate to stretch its limited ranks, the U.S. Army is expected next week to prohibit still more soldiers now in Iraq and soon to be deployed there from leaving military service.

Army officials declined to say which or how many soldiers would be affected when it expands its "stop-loss" program, which already prevents soldiers in certain heavily used specialties from leaving the military or being reassigned to another unit.

But the last such edict, issued Nov. 13, covered all of the more than 110,000 active-duty soldiers whose units are scheduled to deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan between now and May.

Because the order takes effect 90 days before the troops' 12-month deployments and lasts for 90 days after a return home, those troops couldn't retire or leave the Army before the spring of 2005 at the earliest, even if their enlistments expire before then.
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Link to story:

http://www.tribnet.com/news/story/4576484p-4548265c.html

I feel sad for our troops! They are really getting a crummy deal and no one seems to know or care! :mad: :mad:

However, they will be there for a long time - spring 2005 it says here.

Bad for the troops and also bad for *.

:dem: :kick:

[DUreader]

2. more like 2020

[Just Me]

3. *laughing*,...boy o',...he sured stepped right in it, huh

Rove is probably on the phone with him, right now!!!

[IndianaGreen]

4. I hope those that support this war are happy!

It is easy to be happy when it is not your ass that is getting shot!

General Shinseki said that it would take 10 years and 250,000 troops to pacify Iraq. Shinseki is a real hero, unlike those chickenhawks that support the war.

[NickB79]

5. First it was cakewalk, "in and out in 6 months"

Then it became "we'll be there until 2003."

Then it became "we'll be there until 2004."

THEN it became "we'll be there until 2005."

NOW it's become "we'll be there until 2006."

Forgive me if I have my scepticism on this with that kind of track record behind them.

[daleo]

6. Troops to stay in Iraq until 2006 - Million Barrels of Oil are Extracted

That's the real message.