Iraqi DPM warns against defeatism

October 23, 2006

Barham Salih warned against defeatism and panic as his U.S. and British allies came under growing pressure to change their Iraq strategy in the face of relentless bloodshed. Salih, in London for talks with Prime Minister Tony Blair and other British ministers, made clear his anxiety about the change in tone in London and Washington, where senior figures are questioning whether the current strategy in Iraq is viable.