Iraq

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 14 March 2005.

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Photo of Peter Tapsell Peter Tapsell Conservative, Louth and Horncastle 2:30, 14 March 2005

Will the Secretary of State confirm the estimate by the head of the Iraqi intelligence services, General Shahwani, that the number of insurgents has grown to more than 200,000, of whom about 40,000 are hard-core members and the rest are active supporters? If that is the case, what will the military situation be in future?