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Britain announces withdrawal of its
troops from Iraq
BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that he
will withdraw 1,600 of his troops from Iraq in the
next few months, and hand over responsibility for
security in the southern Iraqi city of Basora to the
Iraqi forces.
Blair informed the House of Commons today that the
UK is to reduce the total of its soldiers in Iraq
from 7,100 to 5,500 and anticipates that all British
troops will be out of that country by 2008.
In
Washington, a White House spokesperson said that
President Bush and Blair had talked on the telephone
on Tuesday to discuss the troop withdrawal.
The
British troops, part of the coalition headed by the
United States, are mainly based in southern Iraq.
Denmark has also announced the withdrawal of its
contingent of 460 soldiers from the south of Iraq by
August. (Voice of
America)
Translated by Granma International |
