127 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent call by the head of the British Armed Forces, General Sir Richard Dannatt, that occupying British troops ought to exit Iraq as a matter of urgency as their presence in the country is exacerbating the security problems there; if he agrees with this view; his further views on whether such a position was an inevitability in view of the nature of this invasion and the lack of an exit strategy to which the Irish Government was a proxy despite the disapproval of such an action by the Irish people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34498/06]

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127 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent call by the head of the British Armed Forces, General Sir Richard Dannatt, that occupying British troops ought to exit Iraq as a matter of urgency as their presence in the country is exacerbating the security problems there; if he agrees with this view; his further views on whether such a position was an inevitability in view of the nature of this invasion and the lack of an exit strategy to which the Irish Government was a proxy despite the disapproval of such an action by the Irish people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34498/06]

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