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Free care parcels to troops welcome

Responding to the Royal Mail’s announcement that families will soon be able to send care parcels free of charge to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, Leader of the Liberal Democrats Ming Campbell said: “I am pleased that families can now …

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Brown must listen to his generals

Commenting on senior military commanders’ advice to the Government to withdraw troops from south-east Iraq without further delay, as reported in The Independent on Sunday, Liberal Democrat Leader Ming Campbell said: “Gordon Brown must listen to his generals in Iraq …

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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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Guantanamo release long overdue – Liberal Democrats

Sarah Teather, the Liberal Democrat MP who has campaigned for her constituent Jamil el-Banna to be released from Guantanamo Bay, today welcomed the news that he is among five people the Government has requested be released from the camp. Commenting, …

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Brown should be candid friend to the US

Commenting ahead of Gordon Brown’s first trip to Washington as Prime Minister, Liberal Democrat Leader Ming Campbell said: “There are three things which should be on Gordon Brown’s agenda when he meets President Bush: renegotiation of the one-sided extradition treaty; …

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