Britain 'held hostage' by US policy

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BRITAIN'S top soldier spoke out against the government's handling of the campaign in Iraq because he feared Britain was being "held hostage" by US policy in the region, friends claimed last night.

General Sir Richard Dannatt sparked a furious row over Tony Blair's foreign policy last week when he warned that British troops should leave Iraq soon because they were "exacerbating the security problems" there.

Allies of Sir Richard last night claimed he had been expressing deep concerns shared by colleagues in the highest ranks of the military - and that the real target of his attack was Washington, not London.

"He believes we are being held hostage by American policy in a number of ways," said a senior army officer who served with Dannatt. "The Americans had not done enough planning for the peace that would follow the war-fighting phase.

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