Lt Col Turner said that while the economy had put pressure on some people to leave the army to focus on their main jobs or seek employment elsewhere, others valued the pay and skills offered by the TA even more.
"With the other village chiefs, we took the decision to leave out of fear of the Malian army, " he said.
Some residents had to leave their homes while the Army dealt with the device.
Other cabinet members besides the science minister would like to see the army leave south Lebanon, even without an agreement with Syria.
Former supporters from all over the country, including the head of the army, Ishiaya Bamaiyi, and two former military rulers, Muhammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Babangida (who is close to General Abubakar), are saying that it is time for the army to leave politics.
But working so closely with the Afghan army can sometimes leave British troops more vulnerable to insider attacks, which have increased in number over the past years.
The leave for non-essential personnel from 14 December to 7 January recognises the Army's "vital support" for the Olympics and Diamond Jubilee.
In exchange, al-Sadr said he wants the majority of coalition forces to leave the holy city, followed by a "broad discussion" about the future of his Mehdi Army in Iraq, al-Rubaie said.
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On Thursday, the interim government cancelled all police and army leave and extended curfews in Baghdad and other cities.
People had to leave six nearby properties while Army bomb disposal officers dealt with the device.
Mr Mordechai, like Mr Barak a former army general, has been forced to take leave while the police investigate.
Most foreign troops do not leave for another couple of years, but the limitations of the Afghan army to stand alone, and face a determined insurgency, are still plain to see.
The Army has been given an extra five days' Christmas leave as a "thank you" for its "exceptionally" busy year, the Ministry of Defence says.
The Army really had sorted him out: the first time he came home on leave, he was tanned from training outdoors, his neck had thickened and his shoulders bulked out.
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