Reports: UK's Iraq pullout to begin in weeks
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair will order nearly half the nation's troops in Iraq home by the end of 2007, British news organizations report. The move comes as the U.S. is sending more troops into Iraq. The war has claimed more than 130 British lives, has never been popular with the British public and has cost Blair politically.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will announce on Wednesday that thousands of his country's troops are to begin withdrawing from Iraq in weeks, media reports said.
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Britain expects an announcement to be made on the handover of security control of the Iraqi province of Dhi Qar &quot;imminently&quot;, the ministry of defence has told AFP.
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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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The Iraqi government said on Thursday it was ready to take over security in southern Iraq once Britain withdraws 1,600 troops in the coming months, but insisted that British forces would still be needed for support.
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Britain will soon announce it is bolstering its force in Afghanistan with an extra 1,000 soldiers, British media reported Friday, days after the country said it plans to withdraw 1,600 troops from Iraq in coming months.
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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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LONDON -- Britain's decision to pull 1,600 troops out of Iraq by spring, touted by US and British leaders as a turning point in Iraqi sovereignty, was widely seen yesterday as a telling admission that the British military can no longer sustain simultaneous wars in Afghanistan and 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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The British Prime Minister announces the withdrawal of some British troops from Iraq; Denmark follows suit
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Britain started to plan the Iraq war months ahead of the conflict, even as Prime Minister Tony Blair was denying he was on a course for war, according to a report quoting a leaked Pentagon document.
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Britain is urging the United States to announce a possible timetable for the withdrawal of the countries' troops from Iraq.
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U.S.-led forces could leave Iraq within  18 months, Iraqi interim Interior Minister Falah al-Naqib told  Britain's Channel 4 News Sunday after Iraq's election.
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Â· Petraeus and UK officials upbeat on Iraq's futureÂ· Announcement could come next month
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Prime Minister Tony Blair announced Wednesday Britain's first large-scale cut of troops numbers in Iraq, with nearly a quarter set to return home within months.
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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 expected to announce Wednesday.
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A report on the US request to send British troops to an area near Baghdad is set to come before Cabinet.