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British military spending rises

POUNDING AWAY A cross-party parliamentary report said that the cost of the military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan almost doubled to ?3 billion last year

THE GUARDIAN , LONDON

A senior MOD official said Iraqi generals in Basra wanted a significant British presence as they built up their forces.

"Where are we going to be at the end of 2008? We don't know," the official said.

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