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Published 11/03/2009 by Guardian.co.uk

It's time to pull out of Afghanistan and take the fight to Bin Laden in Britain | Kim Howells

I backed the war, but the chance looks squandered. Local agencies battling terrorism need the funds being spilt in Helmand

For the best part of seven years the British public appeared to accept the argument that, if we didn't deploy our troops to fight al-Qaida...

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It's time to pull out of Afghanistan and take t... [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 11/03/2009] I backed the war, but the chance looks squandered. Local agencies battling terrorism need the funds being spilt in HelmandFor the best part of seven years the British ...
Kim Howells is wrong to call for a British pull... [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 11/06/2009] To withdraw our troops now would be to betray the people of the regionIt is very disappointing that Kim Howells, who was closely involved in the planning for the ...
Kim Howells speaks for the majority on Afghanistan [News » Politics - 11/04/2009] The most significant political intervention this week has not been Alan Johnson’s dog-whistling on drugs or Harriet Harman’s defence of the indefensible on MPs’ ...
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Afghanistan 2 [Thought Experiments : The Blog - 11/09/2009] From where I'm sitting, I don't think it's possible, honest or meaningful to have an opinion about Afghanistan. It's not going well, our people are dying in a dubious ...

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