Britian in deal not to fight Sadr in Iraq

Brilliant attack on the British war effort in Basra from Ace. Basically the Brits made a deal not to engage local cleric-warlord Sadr and the Mahdi army. Even though they occupied Basra, they left the fighting to the Yanks.

So I'm guessing the British didn't really stab us in the back; rather, they stabbed us in the front. After politely explaining they were going to do so, and they were quite sorry about it, but they really had no choice.

Poetry.

Al-Qaeda in Iraq in dismay?

You wont read this in any of the Aussie press, so here's the Times of London.