Britain &#39;on course&#39; to hand over Basra base next month: Browne
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Defence Secretary Des Browne said in comments published in the British press on Wednesday that Britain was &quot;on course&quot; to hand over a base in the southern Iraqi city of Basra next month.
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Britain&#039;s Defence Secretary Des Browne said he was considering &amp;quot;as a matter of urgency&amp;quot; whether to send additional troops to Afghanistan, where six British soldiers have died in the last month.
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British troops moved from Basra on  Wednesday to take over an area near Baghdad in a move that  could set the stage for a U.S. attack on rebel-held Falluja.
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Britain's military deployment in southern Iraq is to be cut by 500 to 5,000 over the next few months, the Ministry of Defence announced yesterday, just six days after British troops withdrew from their base at Basra Palace.
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The British Ministry of Defense confirmed on Sunday that the US has sent a request to the British government for redeployment of the British forces stationed in Iraq because the US troops stationed in Iraq are preparing for new military actions in Fallujah
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BAGHDAD -- British troops and armory rolled north from Basra yesterday to take over a deadly area near Baghdad and free up US troops for an expected attack on the rebel-held city of Fallujah.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown defended Monday the withdrawal of troops from Basra city in Iraq, but the move will do little to ease mounting signs of tension between London and Washington.
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Britain remains determined that elections will go ahead in Iraq in January, and could deploy extra troops to boost security if needed, Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon revealed.
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Britain could transfer control of the southern city of Basra to Iraqi authorities early next year, Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said, but aides downplayed prospects of a rapid pullout.
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British troops will formally take a back seat to Iraqi forces in the southern province of Basra on Sunday with the handover of security responsibility to government troops.
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U.S. forces said on Friday they could hand over security in the vast Western province of Anbar to Iraqi forces as soon as March or April, after a remarkable turnaround of security in the one-time insurgent stronghold.
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Defence secretary confirms planning is under way for UK troops to leave southern Iraqi province.
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Details of UK and US troops' handover of security to Iraqi forces could be unveiled soon, says Tony Blair.
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BASRA, Iraq  - Britain will transfer responsibility for security in Basra province to Iraqi forces on Sunday, effectively marking the end of nearly five years of British control of the southern part of Iraq.
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UK forces are to hand back control of security in Basra province to Iraq, four-and-a-half years after the invasion.
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Britain welcomed Tuesday an announcement that Iraqi forces will take over the southern province of Basra, currently under the security control of around 5,200 British troops, in mid-December.
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Â· Petraeus and UK officials upbeat on Iraq's futureÂ· Announcement could come next month