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September 19, 2004
Britain reducing troop levels
As the number of bombs, blasts and attacks in Iraq dramatically escalate, the British government is quietly planning a significant reduction in their troop levels:
The British Army is to start pulling troops out of Iraq next month despite the deteriorating security situation in much of the country, The Observer has learnt. The main British combat force in Iraq, about 5,000-strong, will be reduced by around a third by the end of October during a routine rotation of units.The news came amid another day of mayhem in Iraq, which saw a suicide bomber kill at least 23 people and injure 53 in the northern city of Kirkuk. The victims were queueing to join Iraq's National Guard.
More than 200 people were killed last week in one of the bloodiest weeks since last year's invasion, strengthening impressions that the country is spinning out of control.
The news hasn't been publicly announced yet. The British commanders, however, gave some hint of the kind of spin we can expect when the official announcement is made:
Senior officers say the scaling back of the British commitment in Iraq is a sign of their success in keeping order and helping reconstruction.
Posted by zeynep at September 19, 2004 01:17 PM
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