Iraq : A success story, at last

[Mickey Brausch]

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"You must get away from Basra," said the British Army. "The view you get there is too negative. We'll take you to Muthana or Dhi Qar - those are the real success stories."
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Dhi Qar and its neighbour Muthana were the first two provinces to get control of their own security from the British, last year. They are held up as a model of how things should work in Basra.
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Once at the police station, senior officers boasted of the low murder rate - less than 30 a month and mostly tribal killings. They looked forward to new business investment in the province, even tourists. This was the good news story in Dhi Qar the British Army was anxious for us to see.

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BBC report

Near the end of the text, British colonel Ed Brown, of the newly-formed Rifles Regiment, says to the reporter "We make a huge mistake if we try and turn this into Surrey."

Which will surely go down as a classic quote from this war.

Mickey Brausch