>I'm surprised to see no-one's had a pop at us "give up monkeys" for vacating Basra.
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>It'll be interestuing to see if the violence now abates (I think c. 90% of attacks were against Tommy and the base was under attack most of the time).
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>I've an idea that GW is keeping a weather eye on proceedings, now that he's hinted that there may be a reduction in GIs.
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>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article2368539.ece

The caption in the Russian news read "London leaves Basra without saying goodbye to USA".