Britain may start pulling out of Iraq
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Britain said Monday it expects to withdraw thousands of its 7,000 military personnel from Iraq by the end of next year, while Poland and Italy announced the impending withdrawal of their remaining troops.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will on Wednesday announce a timetable for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq just as thousands of additional U.S. troops were arriving there to try to restore order in Baghdad.
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A corruption scandal - and the hated war in Iraq - could mean a quick exit for Britain's Prime Minister
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will announce Wednesday a timetable for withdrawing hundreds of British troops from Iraq in the next few weeks, the British Broadcasting Corporation reports. TV and newspaper reports say 1,500 soldiers will leave Iraq within weeks and that 3,000 of Britain's contingent of 7,000 will leave by the end of the year.
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LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair will announce today a new timetable for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq, with 1,500 to return home in several weeks, the BBC reported.
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LONDON  - Britain was due to announce Monday that it had received a US request to redeploy some of its troops in Iraq into restive, US-held areas, a move critics warned could be seen as a pre-election ploy to assist President George W. Bush.
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London is considering a request by Washington to redeploy a small number of British soldiers in Iraq to allow US forces carry out massive operations, the UK defense minister told parliament Monday.
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The number of British troops in Iraq could be increased if needed, Tony Blair says - a day after announcing the withdrawal of 1,600.
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Â· Siege fear as Britain plans handover to Iraqis Â· Commanders say they expect attacks to increase
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Britain said Monday it expects to withdraw thousands of its 7,000 military personnel from Iraq by the end of next year, while Poland and Italy announced the impending withdrawal of their remaining troops.Comment
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Britain, America's most important ally in Iraq, will withdraw close to half its troops by the end of the year if local troops are able to secure the southern part of the country, Prime Minister Tony Blair was ...Comment
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced on Wednesday the start of the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq just as thousands of additional U.S. troops were arriving there to try to restore order in Baghdad.
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Defence Secretary Robert Gates hints that the US could withdraw thousands of extra troops from Iraq during 2008.
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British officials said they expected  all foreign combat troops to withdraw from Iraq within four  years, as British Prime Minister Tony Blair flew into Baghdad  to show support to its new government on Monday.
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In contrast to the U.S. troop buildup, Prime Minister Tony Blair said today that Britain will withdraw up to 1,600 of its roughly 7,100 British troops in southern Iraq in the coming months.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to announce on Wednesday that Britain will start to withdraw its troops from Iraq within weeks, media said.Comment
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The withdrawal of 1,600 British troops from Iraq follows military advice but also shows Tony Blair's desire to minimise the damage the conflict has caused his premiership, analysts said Wednesday.