You could do that, you could start again with a new fire brigade fighting force.

BBC: Breakfast with Frost

On Monday, there was 10 hours of fighting between Britain's 7th Armoured Brigade and Iraqi forces on the outskirts of Basra.

CNN: British troops in southern Iraq.

The renewed fighting showed the need to speed up the deployment of the intervention brigade so that it would be "fully responsible as soon as possible", Mr Ban said.

BBC: World Bank pledges $1bn for DR Congo and neighbours

The hope this summer, among the brigade due to deploy, is that there will be less fighting, and that Afghan forces will prove more than a match for the insurgency.

BBC: UK troops prepare for Helmand tour

The 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division may bear the brunt of the final fighting.

BBC: Mission, sort of, accomplished

Some 23 servicemen from 3 Commando Brigade lost their lives in 2011 during a summer tour of duty that encompassed the height of the fighting season, while many more were injured.

BBC: Royal Marine Commandos training