The Brits pulled back from Basra a long time ago. Any violence isn’t because of the present handover, it’s just a continuation of what began when they pulled back after their raid on the police station. The milita run the police in Basra. Maybe the Iraqi Army will be able to help with that. Who knows.
Urm...if we pulled back then why exactly are our troop still being killed? Including the death only yesterday of a British soldier? The news on the same day of our guys taking out an insurgent leader?
Are the media reporting on our guys playing computer games? I don’t think so. We’re still in the fight - and at some cost.