US wants Britain to lead 'surge' in southern Iraq

[nhboy (Premo)]

" LONDON (AFP) - The US plans to urge Britain to launch a "surge" in Basra to combat increasing violence in the southern Iraqi region, the Sunday Mirror newspaper reported.

Britain, which has around 4,100 troops in Iraq, transferred control to Iraqi forces in December last year but could now be asked to step up its role again amid top-level concern about the situation, the paper said.

It quoted an unnamed senior US military source saying: "Three big militias are currently engaged in a particularly bloody battle in southern Iraq.

"US and Iraqi forces are involved in a huge operation to attack an Al-Qaeda stronghold in Mosul.

"But after that, the plan is to turn the coalition's attention on to Basra and we will be urging the British to surge into the city.

"If they do not have enough troops, then they will be offered US Marines to help out.

"The feeling is that if southern Iraq is hugely unstable, it will affect the success of the surge in the north and destabilize the whole country."

US wants Britain to lead 'surge' in southern Iraq - Yahoo! News

[RadioPatrol]

Originally Posted by nhboy

It quoted an unnamed senior US military source saying: "Three big militias are currently engaged in a particularly bloody battle in southern Iraq.

let them fight it out ......... finish off whats left when they are done killing each other

[Mateo]

Originally Posted by RadioPatrol

let them fight it out ......... finish off whats left when they are done killing each other

I concur..enough coalition blood has been spent .
Better yet, get the other Arabs involved and we can stand aside and let them have at each other.
If they want weapons, we will furnish it at a very high cost. After all payback is a ##### .

[ImnoMensa]

I can't say that I see anything wrong with standing back and letting them kill each other.

As for the brits committing more troops "Rot's O' Ruck"

[RadioPatrol]

Originally Posted by Mateo

I concur..enough coalition blood has been spent .
Better yet, get the other Arabs involved and we can stand aside and let them have at each other.
If they want weapons, we will furnish it at a very high cost. After all payback is a ##### .

one 7.62 x 39 Rnd for each bbl of OIL ............

[Mateo]

Originally Posted by RadioPatrol

one 7.62 x 39 Rnd for each bbl of OIL ............

Turnabout is fair play.
1 7.62 or whatever caliber for every 100 barrels of crude.
King Faisal once said the reason he was raising the price on crude was to teach the west that conservation was the prudent way to go.
This while his playboy sons were being "prudent" all over the world.
It'll teach them to conserve bullets....LOL....right !