Dutabesar Amerika Serikat untuk Irak Rabu mengatakan, dia menginginkan tentara Inggeris tetap berada di Irak, bahkan pada saat tekanan makin memuncak kepada Perdana Menteri Inggeris, Tony Blair, afar Inggeris mengurangi gelaran serdadunya di Irak selatan.
The U.S. ambassador to Iraq said on Wednesday he would like British troops to stay in the country, even as pressure mounts on Prime Minister Tony Blair to reduce Britain's deployment in the south.