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MP seeks date for Iraq withdrawal | MP seeks date for Iraq withdrawal |
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A Welsh MP is to use a Commons debate to call for a timetable for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq. | A Welsh MP is to use a Commons debate to call for a timetable for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq. |
Plaid Cymru MP Adam Price told BBC Radio 4's Westminster Hour some of the cash used for military efforts could be used to create an Iraq "Marshall Plan". | |
He said Britain had a "responsibility to the country it destroyed". | He said Britain had a "responsibility to the country it destroyed". |
His comments came after at least 13 police recruits died in an attack on two buses near the northern Iraqi city of Baquba on Sunday. | His comments came after at least 13 police recruits died in an attack on two buses near the northern Iraqi city of Baquba on Sunday. |
Surge in violence | Surge in violence |
The MP for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr said: "Let's use some of the money that we are using for military purposes to actually create a marshal plan for Iraq. | The MP for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr said: "Let's use some of the money that we are using for military purposes to actually create a marshal plan for Iraq. |
"I'm not about cutting and running away from our responsibilities to this country we destroyed. | "I'm not about cutting and running away from our responsibilities to this country we destroyed. |
"I'm about meeting those responsibilities in more constructive ways than currently we are doing." | "I'm about meeting those responsibilities in more constructive ways than currently we are doing." |
The police recruits were killed when the buses, which were carrying 80 volunteers, came under attack from insurgents near the town of Muradiya, in Diyala province. | The police recruits were killed when the buses, which were carrying 80 volunteers, came under attack from insurgents near the town of Muradiya, in Diyala province. |
A roadside bomb killed one recruit and 12 were killed by small-arms fire. About 25 were injured, while others were abducted. | A roadside bomb killed one recruit and 12 were killed by small-arms fire. About 25 were injured, while others were abducted. |
The attack comes amid a surge in violence in the country. | The attack comes amid a surge in violence in the country. |
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