Ditanya apakah dia akan lebih suka jika jumlah tentara Inggeris sampai tinggal sekitar 7.100 orang di Irak Selatan, dubes menjawab: Kami ingin agar Inggeris melakukan koordinasi dan mempunyai satu rencana gabungan bagi kami.
Asked whether he would prefer British troop numbers to remain at about 7,100 in southern Iraq, the ambassador replied: We would like the British to co-ordinate and for us to have a joint plan. We are talking about this.