Iraq eyes big drop in foreign forces by end-2008
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Foreign troop levels in Iraq could drop to less than 100,000 by the end of 2008 if Iraq's own forces were ready and security threats had diminished, Iraq's national security adviser said on Wednesday.
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Poland will pull all of its troops out of Iraq by the end of 2005, with Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski for the first time setting a firm timetable for withdrawal by this key US ally.
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LONDON -- Thousands of British soldiers will leave Iraq over the next year, significantly downgrading the country's commitment in the region, the defense secretary said yesterday. Poland and Italy also announced the impending withdrawal of their remaining troops.
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Violence in Iraq is down, but Iraq needs to take advantage of that.
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The top U.S. commander in Iraq has   drafted a plan that projects steep reductions in the U.S.   military presence there by the end of 2007, The New York Times   reported on Saturday.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday that Britain would reduce its troop levels in Iraq by 1,600 over coming months, but its soldiers would stay in the country into 2008 as long as they were wanted.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair announced Wednesday that British troop numbers in southern Iraq would be reduced from 7,100 to 5,500 in the months ahead.
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Those who are wondering when the United States can draw down its troop levels in Iraq should pay close attention to the details of Iraqi elections set for January 30.
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Iraq's president forecast on Tuesday   that British troops could go home by the end of next year but,   on another day of killings, Britain's visiting foreign minister   cautioned against leaving a "security vacuum."
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Britain expects to be able to withdraw  "thousands" of its troops from Iraq by the end of 2007,  Britain's Defense Minister Des Browne said on Monday.
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WARSAW, October 5  - Poland, one of the main pillars of the US-led occupation in Iraq, will soon fix a date for the withdrawal of its 2,500 troops, its defense minister said Tuesday, October 5, while his Italian counterpart also shocked
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Iraq's interior minister told British television Sunday he expected U.S. and other foreign forces to leave his country within 18 months.
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Iraqi forces will not be ready to assume full responsibility for their nation's security for years, and the U.S. military should be cautious in planning to reduce its 157,000-strong force in Iraq given past setbacks, the American general in charge of the teams that advise Iraqi forces warned...
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Despite stepped-up training, the readiness of the Iraqi military to operate independently of U.S. forces has decreased since President Bush's new strategy was launched in January, according to the White House progress report released yesterday.
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In a few years, Iraq will be a distant, if painful memory. Our new focus almost certainly will be on Iran and North Korea. In the strange way that geopolitics
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Poland's defense minister, Jerzy Szmajdzinski, told the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza last week that Poland planned a 40 percent reduction of its forces in Iraq by the end of January 2005 and to have all its ...
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's national security adviser expressed doubt yesterday that Iraqi forces will be able to assume security control of the whole country by the end of the year, a goal of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government.