US 指揮官 問題／発行するs stark 警告 to Britain over 早期に 出口 from Iraq

Last updated at 07:24 19 September 2007


Petraeus

The U.S. 指揮官 in Iraq has 問題／発行するd a stark 警告 to Gordon Brown of the '破滅的な consequences' of pulling British 軍隊／機動隊s out of the 地域 too 早期に.

まっただ中に 調印するs of a 広げるing 不和 with Washington, General David Petraeus referred to a premature drawdown of 軍隊s just days after the 総理大臣 said the UK would make its own 決定／判定勝ち（する） about its 軍隊／機動隊s.

Gen Petraeus told Mr Brown at the 会合 in 負かす／撃墜するing Street that the British 軍の had 'done magnificent work' in the 直面する of '堅い enemies' and countless other challenges.

But he 警告するd a premature drawdown of 軍隊s would have "破滅的な consequences not only for Iraq and the 地域, but for our nations and the world".

Last week, the General told 連邦議会の leaders in Washington that the '殺到する' - the extra 30,000 U.S. 軍隊／機動隊s （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd to the 地域 in February - was working.

However, at the same time Britain withdrew 500 軍隊／機動隊s from Basra Palace, to join 5,000 at an airbase outside the city.

責任／義務 for 安全 in much of the Basra 州 is now 存在 手渡すd to 地元の Iraqi 軍隊s.

UK 軍隊／機動隊s will continue to 供給する 支援する-up or an 'overwatch' 役割.

At the 王室の 部隊d Services 学校／設ける in London, Gen Petraeus said 'さまざまな' 軍の and political 問題／発行するs had to be 解決するd before the 十分な handover of Basra 州, as 早期に as this autumn.

Asked whether there had been a 分裂（する） between the U.S. and UK on the 撤退 of British 軍隊／機動隊s, he said: "I do not know what that's all about.

"What has been done has been done in の近くに 協議 and 対話 with the 上級の 操作の 命令（する） of the 多国籍の 軍団."

Brown

大統領 Bush has 発表するd 5,000 of the 160,000 U.S. 軍隊／機動隊s in Iraq will leave by Christmas. Some 30,000 are 推定する／予想するd 支援する in the U.S. by summer 2008.

Mr Brown held 'cordial and 建設的な' 会談 with 大統領 Bush on the 問題／発行する last week by ビデオ 会議／協議会.

However, he has said the UK will make its own 決定／判定勝ち（する）s about the British 軍の かかわり合い based on '条件s on the ground'.

He is 推定する／予想するd to 輪郭（を描く） his Iraq 戦略 to MPs when 議会 returns in October.

The 自由主義の 民主党員 leader Sir Menzies Campbell 勧めるd Mr Brown to say UK 軍隊／機動隊s will be pulled out of Iraq 完全に.

"The 総理大臣 should tell Gen Petraeus that Britain has 実行するd its moral 義務 to Iraq and that our continued presence neither 会合，会うs 軍の 目的d nor political 客観的なs," he said.

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