Does my hon. Friend agree that the filling of British commitments by United States forces probably dates back to that best-kept secret of the Iraq campaign, the so-called Najaf gap of 2006, when the previous Prime Minister promised to fill the gap left by the withdrawing Spanish garrison, but never fulfilled that promise?
Iraq: Future Strategic Relationship
Proceeding contribution from
Patrick Mercer
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 14 January 2009.
It occurred during Debate on Iraq: Future Strategic Relationship.
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