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British forces have been engaged in a "proxy war with Iran" in the south of Iraq, the officer who planned this week's withdrawal from Basra Palace said yesterday.
Lt Col Patrick Sanders, commanding officer of the battlegroup which pulled out to an airbase outside the city, said there had been a "lull" in violence in recent months but insisted his men were ready and able to go back into Basra if they were needed to support Iraqi security forces.See the full content of this document
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British Forces in 'Proxy War with Iran'
He dismissed as "complete nonsense" suggestions that Monday's pull-out a...
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