Gordon Brown:"As a nation we have to be confident in our alliances."

BBC has brought interesting news just several hours ago: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is strondly defending UK presnce in Afghanistan despite the fact yeasterday number of British soldiers who perished in this country reached 96. casualties. As Prime Minister said, "al-Qaeda is the biggest threat to UK national security", but this year was the most successful in fighting it.

Gordon Brown will appear also at the Lord Mayor's banquet in the City of London on tonight where he will defend UK engagement in Afghanistan in fornt of 71% of Britons who want to see British troops withdrawn from Afghanistan in next 12 months.

Some of the most stirking dieas of his speech you can find at BBC web page,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_8360000/newsid_8361600/8361634.stm

Miroslav