Basrah: Missing the Iraqi Security Force Deployment

The Long War Journal ^ | 16 December 2007 | DJ Elliott

[DJ Elliott]

There are four factors in determining when to transition a province to Iraqi control: the threat, Iraqi Security Forces capability, governance, and politics. The reporting on the turnover of Basrah province addresses three of the four factors in determining PIC; yet the established press leaves out one of the most important changes of the last year.

[ARE SOLE]

Interesting and promising news. Bump.

Regards

[LachlanMinnesota]

Now that Britain is merely a provice of the EU since the signing of the new constitution, their work in Iraq will need to be ended until their activity is sanctioned by the new Mother Country.