John Reid
John Reid
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I can confirm that the two British service personnel detained earlier today by the Iraqi Police Service have now been released and are back with British forces in Multi-National Division (South East),
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It is with deep regret that I can confirm the death of two British soldiers, killed by a terrorist bomb as they carried out their duties in south-east Iraq this morning.
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I was asked, what was my response to those people who said that what was going on at Heathrow and elsewhere was all part of a public relations exercise, a spin,
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It hadn't improved so we decided to give him time off.
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It is not a matter of casualties, but a matter of trying to avoid innocent casualties of terrorism.
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It isn't something that will happen overnight and without discussion,
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It is a process that could start within the next 12 months,
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It is a relatively small number of people who want to impose their will by the use of terror on the rest of civilization, who have got a program. It's not blind violence. It's with a purpose. They want to destroy the state of Israel. They want every westerner out of the Arab countries, Middle East and elsewhere.
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It is a matter of political practicality. In the course of the next four years this decision will take place. It will inevitably be more public than such decisions in the past,
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Opening ourselves up to a far greater degree of competition in Europe will ensure in the long run a far more efficient industry, which in turn means far more value for money.
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replace it with a new military-style unit capable of maintaining law and order.
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When that condition has been met, we will hand over the lead in counter-terrorism to the Iraqis,
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While we take what happened seriously, and I stand by everything that our commander on the spot did, don't let's take one incident like that and try to pretend that it reflects the whole of even the Iraqi police force,
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Terrorists love a vacuum. I know that from my own experience in Northern Ireland. And it's the same throughout the world.