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Iraq violence at 5-1/2 year low, Petraeus says

ROME (Reuters) - Violence in Iraq has in the past few weeks fallen to its lowest level since summer 2003 and security gains, while still at risk of reversal, are less fragile than before, General David Petraeus said on Tuesday.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/i...G720081209

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British forces to start leaving Iraq in March: down to 400 by summer

British troops will start pulling out of Iraq in March and, by next summer, there will be just 400 British personnel in the country, a senior defence source said yesterday.

The troops will make way for several thousand American soldiers who are to move into the British base at Basra airport, in the south of the country. The SAS squadrons that are currently operating from Baghdad on counter-terrorist missions will also be withdrawn and are expected to be transferred to Afghanistan to fight the Taleban.
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Some of the most valuable equipment, however, will be transferred to Afghanistan. This will include the half-dozen Merlin helicopters that are operating in Iraq and all the pilotless Desert Hawk drones.

Quelle:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/wo...315269.ece