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Report: British Army chief calls for Iraq pullout« Thread Started on Oct 12, 2006, 11:20pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Report: British Army chief calls for Iraq pulloutPOSTED: 0240 GMT (1040 HKT), October 12, 2006 read at source: http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast ... htmlLONDON, England (CNN) -- The chief of the British Army has called for a pullout of British troops from Iraq "sometime soon" and said that post-invasion planning for that war was "poor, probably based more on optimism than sound planning."Gen. Richard Dannatt told London's Daily Mail newspaper that he had "more optimism" that "we can get it right in Afghanistan."Dannatt said that Britain's continued presence in Iraq had made the country less secure.