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Article: Hoon says British troops "still needed" in Iraq
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- April 18, 2003
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Hoon says British troops "still needed" in Iraq
LONDON, April 18 (Xinhua) -- British troops still have a job to do
in Iraq but would not remain there longer than necessary, British
Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said on Friday.
"It is necessary that we win the peace as well as the war," Hoon
told British troops in special address broadcast on British Forces
Broadcasting Service.
"We can't simply walk away from Iraq and say you're on your own
now, get on with it," Hoon said.
British troops would be required to help restore water and
electricity supplies, Hoon said, adding that because of Iraq's
natural resources and educated population, the task could be
completed perhaps sooner than in ...