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Iraq/Challenger Tank

Asked how great was the concern that a Challenger tank was penetrated in the latest attack in Basra, the PMOS said that we obviously tried everything we could to protect our troops as best we could in a operational environment. Beyond that, the PMOS said that he did not want to comment further in case it made their lives more difficult.

Put that in the past, the finger had been pointed very firmly at Iran, and were there any indications that that had happened in this case, the PMOS replied that what we had said in the past was that the technology involved did point in that direction, but he was not going to get into details in this instance.

Asked to confirm that the PMOS was therefore not talking about this particular case, the PMOS said: no. The Prime Minister had been saying since October 2005 that that was the case, but again, the PMOS said that he was not going to get into this case further as it would be investigated in due course.

Asked if there were any thoughts were being taken into further measures that could be employed in terms of protection, the PMOS replied that that was an operational matter which was no doubt at the forefront of the Army’s mind. However, it was a matter for them, rather than us.

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