Tuesday, 28 August 2007

Brown Rules out Iraq Exit Timetable

BBC - PM rules out Iraq exit timetable

Gordon Brown has ruled out setting a timetable for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq, saying they still have "an important job to do".

The prime minister said in a letter to Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell the military still had "clear obligations to discharge".

He insisted setting a timetable would undermine those efforts.

Sir Menzies said Mr Brown was "ignoring the reality" in Iraq and should accept that UK efforts there had failed.

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