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Media: BBC News
Byline:n/a
Date: October 12, 2006
In an interview in the Daily Mail, Sir Richard Dannatt, Chief of the
General Staff, is quoted as saying the British should "get out some time
soon".
He also said: "Let's face it, the military campaign we fought in 2003,
effectively kicked the door in."
Sir Richard added that any initial tolerance "has largely turned to
intolerance. That is a fact."
Sir Richard, who took on his role in August, also said planning for what
happened after the initial successful war military offensive was "poor,
probably based more on optimism than sound planning".
'Not invited in'
He said: "I don't say that the difficulties we are experiencing round the
world are caused by our presence in Iraq but undoubtedly our presence in
Iraq exacerbates them."
Sir Richard told the newspaper: "We are in a Muslim country and Muslims'
views of foreigners in their country are quite clear.
"As a foreigner, you can be welcomed by being invited in a country, but we
weren't invited certainly by those in Iraq at the time."
He added: "Whatever consent we may have had in the first place, may have
turned to tolerance and has largely turned to intolerance."
Byline:n/a
Date: October 12, 2006
In an interview in the Daily Mail, Sir Richard Dannatt, Chief of the
General Staff, is quoted as saying the British should "get out some time
soon".
He also said: "Let's face it, the military campaign we fought in 2003,
effectively kicked the door in."
Sir Richard added that any initial tolerance "has largely turned to
intolerance. That is a fact."
Sir Richard, who took on his role in August, also said planning for what
happened after the initial successful war military offensive was "poor,
probably based more on optimism than sound planning".
'Not invited in'
He said: "I don't say that the difficulties we are experiencing round the
world are caused by our presence in Iraq but undoubtedly our presence in
Iraq exacerbates them."
Sir Richard told the newspaper: "We are in a Muslim country and Muslims'
views of foreigners in their country are quite clear.
"As a foreigner, you can be welcomed by being invited in a country, but we
weren't invited certainly by those in Iraq at the time."
He added: "Whatever consent we may have had in the first place, may have
turned to tolerance and has largely turned to intolerance."