Britain forms plan for Gulf evacuation in event of war with Iran
Jan 9th 2011, 6:39 am
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Britain forms plan for Gulf evacuation in event of war with Iran
The British armed forces are drawing up contingency plans to evacuate hundreds of thousands of British residents and tourists from Dubai and other Gulf cities in the event of war with Iran
The Coalition government under David Cameron ordered an immediate review of British military planning in the Gulf after the election last May. The Daily Telegraph can reveal that new proposals are being drawn up to coordinate military activity in the region with local allies hostile to Iran, particularly the United Arab Emirates.
Planners have realised they had to tear up existing emergency plans for local British residents. Since the previous review in the 1990s, the expatriate population has grown to more than 100,000 in the UAE alone, while a million British tourists, from businessmen on stopovers to England footballers with marital problems, come to Dubai every year.
It is feared they might be at risk if, as it has promised, Iran retaliates for any military strikes on its nuclear sites with missile attacks on "western interests" in the Gulf.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...with-Iran.html
The Coalition government under David Cameron ordered an immediate review of British military planning in the Gulf after the election last May. The Daily Telegraph can reveal that new proposals are being drawn up to coordinate military activity in the region with local allies hostile to Iran, particularly the United Arab Emirates.
Planners have realised they had to tear up existing emergency plans for local British residents. Since the previous review in the 1990s, the expatriate population has grown to more than 100,000 in the UAE alone, while a million British tourists, from businessmen on stopovers to England footballers with marital problems, come to Dubai every year.
It is feared they might be at risk if, as it has promised, Iran retaliates for any military strikes on its nuclear sites with missile attacks on "western interests" in the Gulf.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...with-Iran.html
Jan 9th 2011, 7:55 am
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Re: Britain forms plan for Gulf evacuation in event of war with Iran
lm getting deja vu...
Jan 9th 2011, 9:03 am
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Re: Britain forms plan for Gulf evacuation in event of war with Iran
Wakey wakey Coffindodger, this has been debated on here already.
Jan 9th 2011, 9:09 am
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Jan 9th 2011, 9:43 am
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Re: Britain forms plan for Gulf evacuation in event of war with Iran
sorry just back from my holls
got a little catching up to you.
got a little catching up to you.
