Friday, July 11, 2003
BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | US may be in Iraq 'for years'
Belfast with sand, part 2: BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | US may be in Iraq 'for years': "The man who led the coalition war in Iraq has said US forces may have to remain in the country for another two to four years.
General Tommy Franks told Congress in Washington that the administration would probably not be in a position to reduce its troop strength from the present level of about 150,000 for some time.
And he warned that there would be no quick end to the kind of low-intensity fighting that has claimed 65 US lives since the end of major combat. "
General Tommy Franks told Congress in Washington that the administration would probably not be in a position to reduce its troop strength from the present level of about 150,000 for some time.
And he warned that there would be no quick end to the kind of low-intensity fighting that has claimed 65 US lives since the end of major combat. "
