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Too few British troops with too little equipment in Iraq, Afghanistan: report Posted: 13 December 2006 1726 hrs LONDON : There are too few British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and they do not have all the equipment they need, increasing the risk they may fail in their missions there, a parliamentary committee report due out Wednesday will warn, The Guardian said. The House of Commons defence committee will also question the Ministry of Defence's (MoD) claims that it is achieving its objectives in both countries. "Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan are at vital stages and success in either operation is not assured ... the current level of deployments poses a significant risk to the MoD achieving success in its military objectives," the report reads, according to The Guardian. The report adds that British troops there are "operating in challenging conditions in insufficient numbers and without all the equipment they need." According to the committee of MPs, when they visited Iraq, they were told there were "insufficient numbers of all types of helicopters available to commanders and that those that were available were overused." The committee also questioned the defence ministry's claims that it was succeeding in both Iraq and Afghanistan, saying: "It is just not good enough for the MoD to assure us that it is achieving its objectives in Iraq and Afghanistan without demonstrating how it has reached that conclusion." A spokesman for the defence ministry was quoted as saying in The Guardian that the ministry was "keenly aware of the burdens which operations place on our people and although the current level of operational activity is higher than planned, it is sustainable." - AFP +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
