BBC NEWS | Politics | UK Iraq troops to be cut to 2,500 Quote:
British troop numbers in Iraq will be reduced to 2,500 next spring, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has told MPs.
The cuts go further than last week's announcement that forces would be cut from 5,500 to 4,500 by Christmas.
Mr Brown said Britain was able to cut its troop numbers "because the Iraqis are now able to take responsibility for the security themselves". The Iraq statement came as the PM seeks to regain the political initiative after deciding not to call an election.
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I would just like to add 500 of those are already home, as we found out last week, and so this announcement really is just retaliation to the oppurtunism that he displayed last week. On a lighter note it is good to know that some of our boys are coming home.
08-10-2007, 09:41 PM
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