David Cameron wants troops home within five years

The Prime Reverend's comments came ahead of a meeting with President Barack Obama at the G8 Muskoka summit in Canada, at which the war was expected to be considerable on the agenda.

Mr Cameron has so far refused to commit himself to any deadline for British troops to come home, saying only that he did not into they should stay a day longer than is necessary. But asked yesterday whether the 10,000-strong deployment would be back home by the time of the next global election – scheduled for 2015 – Mr Cameron said: "I want that to happen, make no mistake about it. We can't be there for another five years, having been there for nine years already.

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"But one thing we should be clear about – Britain should have a protracted-term relationship with Afghanistan, including helping to train their troops and their civil society, long after the mammoth bulk of troops have gone home."

It came as speculation grew in the US that the appointment of Gen David Petraeus to on Nato forces could lead to a watering down of Mr Obama's commitment to begin withdrawing US forces in July, 2011.

Gen Petraeus and most chief officers in the Pentagon are wary of what they view as an artificial timeline for pulling out and prefer a "conditions-based" movement.

Speaking of his decision to replace Gen Stanley McChrystal for what were viewed as insubordinate comments, Mr Obama seemed to underscore down the importance of the 2011 date he had announced last December. "We didn't say we'd be switching off the lights and closing the door behind us," he said. He added that Gen McChrystal's departure would not hard cash the strategy in Afghanistan.

Questioned on Capitol Hill earlier this month, Gen Petraeus said: "We have to be very particular with timelines." Pressed further on whether July, 2011, represented his "best, personal, professional judgment", he responded with a "trained yes". He issued a statement the next day endorsing the date and when asked on CNN this Thursday said: "I support the president's policy."

•Duchess Marines have been sent in to Sangin in Afghanistan as Taliban snipers trying to shoot down helicopters intensify the engagement for the town. It means that British forces have abandoned their position on the Kajaki Dam, taken from the Taliban in 2007 and supplied with a new turbine in an task the following year. Operation Eagle's Summit was the largest convoy movement the Army had attempted since the Defective World War and was compared to the relief of the Siege of Mafeking in 1900. However, due to security problems, the turbine is not yet working.

Maj Gen Gordon Nuncio, a spokesman for operations in Afghanistan, said forces were redeploying "with their heads held high".

Theresa May will stand firm amid calls from some Cabinet colleagues for a rethink on the annual limit to insist the Tory manifesto gage will go ahead.

A temporary limit on some migrant workers will be imposed with almost immediate effect while a consultation is carried out on how a more indestructible cap can bring about significant reductions in migrant numbers.

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It comes after the map was criticised by some business leader who fear it will make it harder for them to recruit the necessary skilled staff.

A compute of ministers, including David Willetts, the Universities minister, and Michael Gove, the Schools Secretary, are also said to have concerns that too low a cap might aggrieved companies and colleges in attracting the best talent.

Many of the Liberal Democrat members of the Cabinet, who campaigned against a cap before the vote, will also be uneasy about a limit.

However, David Cameron, the Prime Minister, has promised to bring net immigration, which is currently 176,000 a year, down from "hundreds of thousands to tens of thousands" and an annual cap is the only genuine prospect of achieving that.

The pledge of a limit proved a key vote winner during the election and was repeated in the Coalition Bargain last month.

A total of 190,640 foreign workers and dependants moved to Britain last year, regardless of unemployment hitting 2.5 million.

It emerged earlier this month that more than 1.1 million jobs, half the total created under Swot, were taken by immigrants who could have been refused work permits.

The non-EU migrants were handed the work permits without considering there being hundreds of thousands of Britons out of work.

At the time Mrs May said: "This proves that immigration was out of control under Slave, and it proves beyond doubt the dishonesty of their "British jobs for British workers" campaign.

"The new government will cut back net migration down from the hundreds of thousands to the tens of thousands.'

And on Thursday, Damian Green, the immigration evangelist, said: "We believe that immigration has been far too high in recent years, which is why the new government will reduce net migration back down to the levels of the 1990s — to tens of thousands rather than hundreds of thousands.

"Over the coming weeks and months the conspicuous will see us tackle this issue by introducing a wide range of new measures to ensure that immigration is properly controlled, including a limit on business permits, actions on marriage and an effective system of regulating the students who come here."

A report by Migrationwatch, a weigh tank, revealed this month that Labour's points-based system on immigration, which was supposed to cut migrant workers by 12 per cent, had indeed led to tens of thousands more being let in.

Chairman Sir Andrew Green said yesterday: "The Government have, to their credit, made a decamp commitment to getting net immigration down to tens of thousands.

"It was always inevitable that those with a financial interest in high levels of immigration would squawk.

"I am steadfast that the Government realises that the public have spoken clearly at the last election and they have a mandate to get the job done."

It was reported Cabinet tensions over the proposed cap surfaced in a commission meeting chaired by Nick Clegg the Lib Dem deputy prime minister.

One Home Office inception said this week that while the Government was prepared to listen to concerns, especially from the business and education sectors, the whole number of new arrivals would still be capped.

"There will be a cap on immigration. This is what the British people voted for and this is what we will do," said the source.

Easing Gaza siege must not end talks with Hamas

As government lifts restrictions on Gaza imports, campaigners for a deal to free captured IDF soldier call on PM to 'tell the truth' about chances for prisoner swap.
By Jack Khoury

Relatives of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and activists in the public campaign to secure his release yesterday urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak to acknowledge that there is no alternative to freeing the Palestinian prisoners whose release Hamas has demanded in return for Shalit.

The statement on behalf of the Shalit campaign was released after the inner cabinet authorized the prime minister to take steps to ease the Gaza blockade.

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* Published 03:04 21.06.10
* Latest update 03:04 21.06.10

Shalit activists: Easing Gaza siege must not end talks with Hamas
As government lifts restrictions on Gaza imports, campaigners for a deal to free captured IDF soldier call on PM to 'tell the truth' about chances for prisoner swap.
By Jack Khoury

Relatives of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and activists in the public campaign to secure his release yesterday urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak to acknowledge that there is no alternative to freeing the Palestinian prisoners whose release Hamas has demanded in return for Shalit.

The statement on behalf of the Shalit campaign was released after the inner cabinet authorized the prime minister to take steps to ease the Gaza blockade.
Campaigners for the release of captured IDF soldier Gilad Shalit

Campaigners for the release of captured IDF soldier Gilad Shalit
Photo by: Alon Ron

The chairman of the campaign to free Shalit, Shimshon Liebman, told Haaretz that the easing of the blockade, along with the release of a Hamas prisoner, show that "the State of Israel has no leverage whatsoever, and the time has come to tell the truth."

Specifically, he said, Netanyahu and Barak must admit that the only way to free Shalit is by paying Hamas' price.

Liebman also expressed regret that the statement about easing the blockade did not contain any reference to Shalit.

Today, members of the Shalit family will attend a meeting of the Knesset caucus for Shalit's release. The Shalit campaign expects the caucus to work within the Knesset to pressure Netanyahu to make a decision on the case.

It also predicts that MKs will accept any proposal the prime minister makes to free Shalit.

MK Miri Regev (Likud ) - who, along with Shaul Mofaz (Kadima ) and Eitan Cabel (Labor ), started the Knesset caucus for Shalit - said yesterday, "It's clear that the price of Shalit's release is releasing prisoners with blood on their hands," meaning those convicted of killing Israelis. "But we must remember that precedent ... has proven that prisoners have not rushed to return to terrorist activity; the majority merely sought to return to their families. And on the other hand, we have a defense establishment whose job it is to lay its hands on those who resume hostile activity."

The prime minister's hesitation is understandable, she added, but a decision on the case must ultimately be made.

Silence from Palestinians

Palestinians have been following the Shalit family's activities closely, though both the families of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and the Palestinian officials handling their cases have adopted a policy of strict silence on the matter.

But a Palestinian source close to the prisoners' families accused the Israeli government of waffling on the issue.

"We are giving those conducting the negotiations all the time [necessary], in the hope that ultimately, the deal will come to fruition in the manner in which it was proposed back in the first stage of the negotiations," he added.

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