Basra base pullout nears end
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The final withdrawal of British troops in Iraq from their Basra base is almost complete, sources tell the BBC.
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The operation to hand over security in Basra to Iraqi forces has been completed and successful, Tony Blair says.
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A British regiment of 850 soldiers deployed to back up US forces outside Baghdad since the end of October has returned to its base in the southern Iraqi city of Basra.
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BLUNDERING American troops have let 380 tons of high explosives disappear from an Iraqi military base. Terrorists and insurgents are feared to have raided the weapons stockpiles at the Al
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A reconnaissance team has studied the prospects for British troops moving north from their relatively calm base. Until now, the British were concentrated in Basra.
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Iraqis welcomed the news on Wednesday that Britain and Denmark are preparing to dramatically scale back their military forces in and around the unruly southern port city of Basra.
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A former member of the Black Watch believes the regiment is ready for its move to a more hostile area of Iraq. On Wednesday, more than 800 soldiers from the battalion began moving out of Basra towards an area south of Baghdad.
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The last vestige of the U.S. military in the heart of Frankfurt, Germany, draws to a close Thursday.
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Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission, The Associated Press has learned
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WASHINGTON - As British troops pull out of their last base in Basra, some military commanders and civilian government officials in the area are concerned that the transition could leave them and a major supply route to Baghdad at greater risk of attack.
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Iraq formally took over 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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The 550 UK troops based in Basra have begun their pull-out from their base at Basra Palace.
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Black Watch soldiers have held their last church service at their base near Basra in Iraq, before their move north. The battalion is getting its weapons, ammunition and Warrior armoured vehicles ready for the move to an area under American command.
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BAQUBA, Iraq  - U.S. forces believe the initial combat phase of a major offensive to clear al Qaeda from the Iraqi city of Baquba is nearly complete and any militants left could be confronted in the next 24 hours.
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British forces seal off the aera after a bomb planted in a trash can exploded in Basra, southern Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004, outside the complex of the British and American consulates as a British convoy drove out, police said.
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BASRA, Iraq  - Britain handed over security on Sunday to Iraqi forces in the last of four provinces it once patrolled, effectively marking the end of nearly five years of British control of southern Iraq.
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British troops were quitting the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Sunday night in another step towards handing over the province to Iraqi control and paving the way for an eventual withdrawal of British forces from Iraq.