Plan to reduce forces to 2,500 by next month put off indefinitely as Iraqi troops prepare to take on militias.

Further British troop withdrawals from Iraq have been delayed indefinitely amid renewed rocket attacks on British forces in Basra, and a looming showdown between Iraqi government forces and Shia militias.

The Government has already admitted that a timetable set out by the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, for the process of disengagement from Iraq has slipped. The remaining force was to have been cut from 4,100 to 2,500 by next month, but this reduction will not now take place. Instead the Secretary of State for Defence, Des Browne, is expected to announce this week that the next rotation of troops, in May, will see roughly the same number arrive as those they are replacing.

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"As of 1940hrs 29/02/08 I have been placed under an injunction preventing me from speaking publicly and publishing material gained as a result of my service in UKSF (SAS).

I will be continuing to collect evidence and opinion on British Involvement in extraordinary rendition, torture, secret detentions, extra judicial detention, use of evidence gained through torture, breaches of the Geneva Conventions, breaches of International Law and failure to abide by our obligations as per UN Convention Against Torture. I am carrying on regardless "
Ben Griffin, Former UK Special forces trooper

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Troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan
Don't attack Iran
End the siege of Gaza
Assemble 12 noon, Trafalgar Square, London

"It's now five years since Tony Blair took us into an illegal and immoral war. A million innocents have been killed in Iraq. We haven't heard a lot about weapons of mass destruction since Tony Blair was caught out on that one. We got rid of him but what makes me angry is that Gordon Brown has made no changes and no apologies. Just like Blair, he has refused even to meet the families who have lost loved ones in his war. We must keep marching to let Brown know we are on his case too"Rose Gentle, Military Families Against the War

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On the 11th,12th and 13th of  February  Military Families will be in the House of Lords for the Law Lords to hear our case. The case when it is heard will raise the question of whether the Iraq war was legal under international law.

This follows an earlier ruling by the Law Lords granting us the right to appeal against the decision of a lower court preventing us seeking a judicial review of the government's refusal to order a public inquiry.

Military Families invites all our supporters to to join us outside the Lords on the day. Blair and his cronies must be held to account.

I want Justice for my son Gordon and all the other soldiers and civilians whose lives were lost due to this illegal and immoral war.

Best wishes

Rose Gentle
On behalf of Military Families Against the War

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