(Top brass: left to right to left to right to left to right, generals Resurgam & Manticore.)British troops withdraw from Basra this week, but will leave a ‘presence’ in the city. The presence is expected to be ill-defined, according to General Sir Phoenix ‘Birdie’ Resurgam, and broadly sinister, “more of a feeling really.”
“It’s a vague presence, yes,” agreed General Sir Frank ‘Bitsie’ Manticore, “but one that should raise a few goose bumps on residents.”
The presence is to be centred on the British base in Basra, a former palace. However, defence sources deny that the base will be haunted: “There’ll be a certain ambiance, naturally,” confessed Defence Minister One, “after all that’s happened there, but it would be off-message to call it a haunting.”
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