Farin Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 [h2]Blair to announce start of Britain's Iraq exit-media[/h2] [smaller]20 Feb 2007 22:59:19 GMT Source: Reuters[/smaller] LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to announce on Wednesday that British troops will start to withdraw from Iraq within weeks, British media said. Blair would tell parliament the first 1,500 soldiers of Britain's 7,100-strong contingent would return home within weeks, BBC News and the Sun tabloid reported. The Sun added that a total of 3,000 troops would be withdrawn by the end of the year. The Guardian newspaper said Blair as early as Wednesday would order 1,000 soldiers out of Iraq in the early summer, with all of the troops out by the end of 2008. Blair would say Britain intended to cut troop levels gradually in southern Iraq over the next 22 months as Iraqi forces take on more responsibility, the Guardian added. A spokesman at the prime minister's Downing Street office declined to comment on the reports, but said parliament would be updated first on any announcement about Iraq. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 :insert clapping graemlin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Well the South of Iraq must be pacified then . Surely , it's not an effort by Labour to ward off a huge victory by the 'surging' Conservatives in the next election , could it be ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Heavens no. It just means that Bush will have to escalate the number of new troops needed to supplement the current US presence. Then again, I'm sure that Blair informed Bush of this plan months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Joe, you are wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Can Tony Blair be our president? Damn the natural citizen clause! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Couldn't raise the money ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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