BBC - Former Blair minister warns US and UK may have to abandon Iraq

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4276598.stm

The UK and US may have to abandon Iraq if central government breaks down and the country is engulfed by chaos, Tony Blair's former special envoy has said.

Sir Jeremy Greenstock said a pullout from Iraq might be needed if the US and UK had no "reasonable prospect of holding it together".

But he said he did not think this had happened yet.

His words follow violent incidents in Basra after the Army rescued two SAS soldiers seized by Iraqi police.

[Dover]

1. Maybe it's 'falling apart' because Brits in wigs dressed like Iraqis

were firing on the Iraqis. Isn't 'chaos' exactly what they were after?

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2. As long as bush** & co. have warm bodies to sacrifice they'll never

give up. And as long as those warm bodies don't include his kids or the kids of his 'constituency'.