US Wants Britain to Lead 'Surge' in Southern Iraq: Report

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 it could now be asked to step up its role again amid top-level concern about the situation, the paper said. Read more...

Posted by Editor at March 24, 2008 01:26 PM