Blair to Announce Iraq Withdrawal Plan
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Prime Minister Tony Blair will announce on Wednesday a new timetable for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq, with 1,500 to return home in several weeks, the BBC reported.Comment
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Geoff Hoon is to address the Commons on Monday about proposals to put some British troops under US command in Iraq. The defence secretary is expected to confirm a formal request for assistance has been received from the Americans.
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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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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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Britain will withdraw nearly half its troops from Iraq by the end of the year if local forces can secure the southern part of the country, Prime Minister Tony Blair planned to announce Wednesday.Comment
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is  expected to announce on Wednesday that British troops will  start to withdraw from Iraq within weeks, British media said.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is set   to say on Thursday he will step down within a year but is not   contemplating resigning immediately, his spokesman said.
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Tony Blair is expected to announce the return of hundreds of troops from southern Iraq to the UK.
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PM to meet US commander to discuss Britain's withdrawal from Basra, according to reports.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair plans to withdraw nearly half of Britain's troops from Iraq by the end of 2007, British media reported early Wednesday.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday will announce a new timetable for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq, with 1,500 to return home in several weeks, the BBC reported.Comment
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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 governemnt is poised Wednesday to announce the withdrawal of their troops from Iraq, even as the United States increases its force to counter the raging insurgency.
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Britain said it expected to withdraw thousands of its 7,100 troops from Iraq by the end of 2007, in the clearest pledge yet of a pullout from a country gripped by growing sectarian violence.
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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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BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair will pull off a major diplomatic coup this week by flying to Washington for an Iraq war summit with US President George W. Bush.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair looked   set to bow to intense pressure from disgruntled loyalists on   Thursday and lay out a timetable for his departure within a   year.