Blair: Iraq controversy will go when I go
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said in an interview to be published Sunday that domestic controversy over his backing for Washington over Iraq will end when he leaves office in the coming months.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair was to announce on Wednesday the government will begin withdrawing thousands of troops from Iraq within weeks, according to media reports.
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LONDON, Feb. 21 -- Prime Minister Tony Blair today announced that 1,600 British troops would return home from Iraq in coming months, but stopped short of announcing any clear exit strategy from the hugely unpopular war. He said a further 500 soldiers may be withdrawn by the end of summer, and that...
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Britain will withdraw about 1,600 troops from Iraq in coming months if local forces can secure the southern part of the country, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday.Comment
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair says Iraq is seeing a battle between democracy and terror, as he visits Baghdad.
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British media sources say Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to announce a large-scale troop pullout from Iraq Wednesday.Comment
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LONDON - 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 ...Comment
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair will fly to Washington this week to hold talks with US President George W. Bush about Iraq and how to drive forward the Middle East peace process, Blair&#39;s office said.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair is set to travel to Washington for talks with US President George W. Bush, just as an eagerly-awaited report on options for violence-scarred Iraq is published.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair was to announce on Wednesday that his country will begin withdrawing thousands of troops from Iraq within weeks, according to media reports.Comment
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LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair said yesterday that British troops would only be redeployed to the more volatile, US-controlled sector of Iraq if it was militarily justified.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to announce on Wednesday that Britain will start to withdraw its troops from Iraq within weeks, British media said.Comment
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair was due to fly to Washington for talks with President George W. Bush under more pressure than ever to reap rewards for his support of the unpopular US-led war in Iraq.
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Tony Blair said on Wednesday he believed Iraq would not be the decisive issue when Britons come to vote at next year&#39;s expected election.
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Tony Blair will visit the Middle East this week to explore ways of dealing with the two apparently intractable problems in the region, the Israeli- Palestinian conflict and the upsurge in violence in Iraq.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair said  British troops would stay in Iraq "until the job is done" and  pledged full support for the country's weak government during  an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Sunday.
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LONDON, Feb. 21 -- Prime Minister Tony Blair announced Wednesday that 1,600 British troops would return home from Iraq in coming months, but stopped short of announcing any clear exit strategy from the hugely unpopular war. He said a further 500 soldiers may be withdrawn by the end of summer, and...