Britain Delays Iraq Troop Withdrawal (2/2)

Iraqi Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki, said in Baghdad the operation was a success and 10,000 additional police and army troops would be recruited to keep order in the southern city.

In London, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, says Britain still plays a vital role in supporting the Iraqi troops.

"We want the Iraqi people and particularly the Iraqi forces to take responsibility in policing and the security, and to make that possible we can train 30,000 of the Iraqis' own armed forces in the south of the country."

Britain's opposition Conservative party leader, David Cameron, said Mr. Brown should not have overstated the drawback when he announced it in October.

"What governments mustn’t do is over-promise and then under-deliver, I think that Gordon Brown said more than perhaps he should have done in the autumn."

The defense secretary did not give a timetable for the delay in pulling out British troops, but officials say if the Iraqi armed forces are strengthened and security improves in Basra, British troops will be able to return home.

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伊拉克总理努里•马利基在巴格达称，这次行动取得了胜利，此外，还将征募1万人的警察和安全部队来维持这座南部城市的正常秩序。

英国首相戈登•布朗在伦敦表示，英国仍然在支持伊拉克军队上起着举足轻重的作用。

“我们希望伊拉克人民特别是伊拉克军队承担起维持治安的责任。这样的话，我们在南部城市训练3万名伊拉克当地士兵就会成为可能。”

保守党是英国的反对党，其领袖大卫•卡梅伦称，布朗不应该在10月份宣布撤军时过分夸大不利情况。

“言而无信是政府最不该做的事。我认为戈登布朗秋天说的可能比他本应做的还多。”

国防大臣并没有给出推迟撤离英军士兵的日程。但政府官员表示，如果伊拉克的军队力量得到加强，巴士拉的安全状况得到改善，英军部队就有机会回国。

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