Category Archives: Iraq

Guardian: “Lib Dems are right on Iraq”

Writing in today’s Guardian, Polly Toynbee, who discussed the issue of Iraq with Ming Campbell yesterday, declares the Liberal Democrats “right, right and right again about the Iraq war”. The Liberal Democrat leader, Menzies Campbell, wrote to Gordon Brown yesterday: …

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Time for coalition forces to withdraw from Iraq

Commenting on the killing of 200 Kurds in a series of bombings in Iraq, Liberal Democrat Leader Ming Campbell said: “The security situation in Iraq is deteriorating in spite of the policy of ‘surge’ followed by the United States. These …

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Shocking Afghanistan casualty figures should change strategy

The Liberal Democrat Leader Ming Campbell has called for the Government to review its strategies in Iraq and Afghanistan following the revelation that British troops in Afghanistan are more likely to be killed in action that at any time since …

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We have a moral obligation to our Iraqi translators

Liberal Democrat Leader Ming Campbell has written to party members about the plight of Iraqi interpreters seeking asylum in the United Kingdom: The Government’s decision to review the cases of 91 Iraqi translators who have worked for the British may …

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Gordon Brown must announce a target date for withdrawal

Giving evidence to the Iraq Commission, Liberal Democrat Leader Ming Campbell called on Gordon Brown to give a target date for withdrawal of British troops from Iraq when he becomes Prime Minister. He said that during his visit to Iraq …

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