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Senator seeks answers on Iraq basing plans While officials have been saying there are no plans for any American bases in Iraq once U.S. troops withdraw, Kimmitt used slightly different language in a London speech earlier this week. He said the U.S. will “not maintain any long-term bases in Iraq,” and added: “Our position is, when we leave, we will not have any bases there.”
The world as a battlefield The second is the representation of the new security paradigm as the "long war", a phrase that has crept into Pentagon-speak over the past two years and is now being used as a pithy successor to the "cold war" as encapsulating the US defence outlook (in London on 6 January, the deputy director of US central command, Brigadier-General Mark Kimmitt, delivered a speech outlining the US's reconfigured military strategy in what he also called "the long war".)
Kerry Asks Pentagon to Clarify I was interested to see reports of Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt's speech to the International Institute of Strategic Studies in London where he reportedly said the United States will “not maintain any long-term bases in Iraq. . . . Our position is when we leave we will not have any bases there.”
Troops add to instability, says US general Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, a key strategist in the US central command covering the Middle East, made the admission in a speech to the International Institute for Strategic Studies. "Our position is, when we leave we will not have any bases there," General Kimmitt said, without speculating when the withdrawal might be.
US general maps out strategic refit A senior US officer admitted yesterday that the presence of more than 300,000 foreign troops in the Middle East, most of them American, was a "contributory factor" to instability in the region. The admission was made by Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt - a key strategist in the US central command covering the Middle East - as he spelled out the American military's plan to "reposture" its forces over an area stretching from Egypt in the west to Pakistan in the east, and from...
Rumsfeld issues global call to arms Addressing the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London yesterday, Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, deputy director of US central command covering the Middle East, said winning the "long war" would necessitate increased "security assistance, intelligence-sharing and advice" for allies. "Regional nations must participate and lead the fight," he said. A revived, enlarged international coalition would enable the US to "re-posture" its Middle...
Britain could start pulling out of Iraq in Ma British troops could start withdrawing troops from Iraq within months, a senior American general has suggested. Brigadier-General Mark Kimmitt of the US Central Command said the American-led coalition would be happy to reduce troop numbers as local security forces became ready to take responsibility for security in the war-torn state, where two British soldiers were killed last week.
UK troops pull-out 'within months' Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, the deputy head of US Central Command, which oversees US military efforts in Iraq, said a phased withdrawal would come as part of a co-ordinated move by the US, Britain and other coalition partners. But Gen Kimmitt insisted that there was no formal "timetable" for withdrawal.
Troops 'could start to leave Iraq in March' America would be happy to see British troops begin to withdraw from southern Iraq over the next few months, so long as home-grown forces are ready to take over responsibility for security, a senior US officer said yesterday. The comments of Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, of US Central Command, came as newspaper reports suggested that a secret blueprint has been agreed for 2,000 of the UK's 8,000 troops to return home, starting this spring.
Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan On Sunday 05 February 2006 Andrew Marr interviewed Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, US Army