· Defence memo leak says virtually no reserves left
· 'Intense tempo of life' due to Iraq and Afghan fighting
Richard Norton-Taylor
Saturday July 21, 2007
The Guardian
"The head of the army has warned that Britain is almost running out of troops to defend the country or fight in military operations abroad.
The warning by General Sir Richard Dannatt, chief of the general staff, to fellow defence chiefs comes at a time when the army is asking for a big increase in reservists to be deployed in Afghanistan, reflecting a crisis in Britain's armed forces.
In a secret memorandum he says: "We now have almost no capability to react to the unexpected." Reinforcements for emergencies or for operations in Iraq or Afghanistan were "now almost non-existent"......"
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