6 MONTHS IS MORE LIKE IT:

All British soldiers to be out of Iraq in 12 months (Sean Rayment, 05/03/2006, Daily Telegraph)

All British and United States troops serving in Iraq will be withdrawn within a year in an effort to bring peace and stability to the country.

The news came as defence chiefs admitted privately that the British troop commitment in Afghanistan may last for up to 10 years.

The planned pull-out from Iraq follows the acceptance by London and Washington that the presence of the coalition, mainly composed of British and US troops, is now seen as the main obstacle to peace.

A few years late and still to slow, but that's the nature of bureaucracy.

Posted by Orrin Judd at March 4, 2006 8:01 PM