Britain To Begin Iraq Withdrawal
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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 ...Comment
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will announce Wednesday a timetable for withdrawing hundreds of British troops from Iraq in the next few weeks, the British Broadcasting Corporation reports. TV and newspaper reports say 1,500 soldiers will leave Iraq within weeks and that 3,000 of Britain's contingent of 7,000 will leave by the end of the year.
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Britain agreed Thursday to meet a US request for British troops to be moved into volatile central Iraq, a proposal that has met strong opposition within the governing Labour Party.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair looked set on Wednesday to outline a timetable for British troops to start withdrawing from Iraq, with media reports saying 3,000 soldiers could be home by the end of the year.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will  on Wednesday announce a timetable for the withdrawal of British  troops from Iraq just as thousands of additional U.S. troops  are arriving there to try to restore order in Baghdad.
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LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair will announce today a new timetable for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq, with 1,500 to return home in several weeks, the BBC reported.
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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 on Wednesday it would begin withdrawing troops from Iraq, triggering a new political standoff in Washington over U.S. President George W. Bush's decision to deploy thousands of extra U.S. soldiers.
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Britain expects to withdraw thousands of its 7,000 military personnel from Iraq by the end of next year, Defense Secretary Des Browne said Monday.
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Around 350 British troops are to return to the UK from southern Iraq four months early.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will order nearly half the British troops in Iraq home by the end of 2007, British news outlets reported early Wednesday.Comment
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Iraqis welcomed the news Wednesday that British Prime Minister Tony Blair was about to announce a timetable for the withdrawal of troops from the war-torn nation.
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Britain begins redeploying some 800 troops toward the restive area south of Baghdad area in a move aimed at freeing up US forces for an assault on insurgent areas north and west of the capital.
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London - Britain agreed on Thursday to meet a United States request and redeploy a battalion of British troops into volatile central Iraq, despite strong opposition within the governing Labour Party.
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Britain said on Wednesday it would withdraw almost a 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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Some 250 British soldiers will be withdrawn from Iraq over the next four weeks as part of a plan to reduce troop levels by 500 to 5,000, the defence ministry said Saturday.
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The British Prime Minister announces the withdrawal of some British troops from Iraq; Denmark follows suit