British troops quit Iraqi city of Basra
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BASRA, Iraq  - British troops quit the Iraqi city of Basra on Monday, leaving the southern oil hub without British forces for the first time since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003.
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BASRA, Iraq  - Britain handed over security in Basra province to Iraqi forces on Sunday, effectively marking the end of nearly five years of British control of southern Iraq.
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British Army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, Duke of Wellington Regiment, walk in the center of Basra, southern Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004 during clashes with armed gunmen.
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Britain announced on Wednesday the withdrawal of almost one quarter of its troops from Iraq in coming months, just as thousands of additional U.S. soldiers were arriving there to try to restore order in Baghdad.
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Britain confirmed on Thursday it will withdraw its more than 600 remaining troops from Bosnia as concerns about security in the Balkan state ease.
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Iraq formally took security control of the southern oil province of Basra from British forces on Sunday, paving the way for Britain to sharply reduce its nearly 5,000-strong troop presence.
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After four and a half inconclusive years of fighting, British forces during the night slipped out of their last base in the Iraqi oil port of Basra, handing control on Monday to their Iraqi comrades.
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As it exits Basra, the Army deals with disillusionment, inside and out.
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British troops are preparing to depart Iraq's second city in the coming months, leaving behind an intra-Shi'ite power struggle
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LONDON, Sept. 21 -- The commander of the British army said Friday that the recent withdrawal of British forces from downtown Basra was part of a "successful" strategic plan for Iraq and not the result of pressure from Shiite militias.
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Britain put Iraqis in command of the main Iraqi army unit in Basra on Tuesday, a move billed as paving the way for Washington's main ally to formally announce major cutbacks in troops.
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Britain&#39;s 850-strong Black Watch battle group has pulled out of Camp Dogwood in Iraq and returned to its base in Basra, the BBC reported Saturday.
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British troops withdraw from Basra Palace, handing control of base to Iraqi forces.
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The last British troops withdraw from central Basra to an airbase outside the southern Iraqi city.
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BASRA, Iraq - British troops withdrew on Saturday from radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's main office in the southern city of Basra a day after occupying the building and seizing an arms cache in fighting that killed three and wounded five, the British military and police said.    Explosions and gunfire again echoed across the city Saturday before the soldiers withdrew from the offices in the city center and handed over the keys to local authorities, said British military spokesman Capt...
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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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The 550 UK troops based in Basra have begun their pull-out from their base at Basra Palace.