Britain to send 500 more troops to Afghanistan

[Scurrilous]

Source: The Guardian

Defence secretary Bob Ainsworth confirms new deployment after conditions laid down by Gordon Brown are met

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"The defence secretary, Bob Ainsworth, today confirmed that 500 more British troops would be sent to Afghanistan.

Gordon Brown pledged "in principle" last month to boost the British deployment to 9,500 soldiers subject to three conditions.

In a statement later today, setting out the next stage of his strategy for the conflict, the prime minister will say all three conditions for the extra 500 troops to be sent have been met.

Speaking at a training facility in Norfolk, Ainsworth said the equipment requirements for the reinforcement had been reached."

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/nov/30/britain-500-troops-afghanistan

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Their 500 to our 30,000.

Slight imbalance. Bernie Saunders is right.

[Solly Mack]

2. k/r

[Soylent Brice]

3. 500. 30,000. who's counting, right?

i mean, it's not like regular folks give a fuck, right?

oh, wait...

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/09/01/cnn-poll-afghanistan-war-opposition-at-all-time-high/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1220257/Poll-shows-voters-want-British-troops-Afghanistan.html

[cowcommander]

4. Well, on the plus side they seem to do a better job at not pissing off the locals

[Mari333]

5. knr for more bullshit.

[sabra]

6. UK to send 500 extra troops to Afghanistan -Brown

Source: Reuters

LONDON, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Britain will send 500 more soldiers to Afghanistan in early December, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday, raising troop numbers to 9,500.

Brown's confirmation of an earlier, conditional pledge comes a day before U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to announce 30,000 more troops to fight the Taliban and to help train Afghan forces so that foreign forces can eventually be withdrawn.

"I can confirm that we will move to a new force level of 9,500 -- the extra troops will deploy in early December to thicken the UK troop presence in central Helmand," Brown told parliament.

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/GEE5AT1VW.htm