Its about time: LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will announce on Monday that it is withdrawing about 800 troops from Iraq, roughly 10 percent of its force, BBC television reported. Secretary of Defence John Reid is due to make a statement to parliament at 3:30 p.m. British time. His ministry declined to comment on the BBC […]
GET TYPING GUYS…. you never know, you might just make a name for youself: LONDON (Reuters) – The world’s first literary prize for books based on blogs unveiled its shortlist of finalists on Wednesday, with a call girl and an amateur chef’s cooking odyssey among the contenders. The Blooker Prize, whose name gives a nod […]
LONDON (Reuters) – The talk of British troops pulling out of Iraq rumbles on. Britain plans to pull out nearly all its soldiers from Iraq by the summer of 2008, with the first withdrawals within weeks, a top military commander said in an interview published on Tuesday. Lieutenant General Nick Houghton, Britain’s most senior officer […]
Here’s a poll of a different twist. This one comes out of Iraq and is in regards to the war. Poll shows Iraqis back attacks on UK, US forces LONDON (Reuters) – Forty-five percent of Iraqis believe attacks on U.S. and British troops are justified, according to a secret poll said to have been commissioned […]