Next April or May, Britain could cut their troops from the current 5500 to about 3000

The Australian website has this story this morning and it goes in part like this… The highly symbolic withdrawal this week of British troops from central Basra to a fortified airport base is likely to be followed next April or May by a cut from the current 5500 troops to about 3000 troops in an "overwatch" role... Prime Minister Gordon Brown insisted the withdrawal from central Basra, which left the southern city without foreign forces for the first time since the invasion, was a sign of progress rather than the embarrassing defeat being claimed by many critics...
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MOD.uk has this story...
As the soldiers from the 4 Rifles Battlegroup completed their move from Basra Palace to the Contingency Operating Base at Basra Airport yesterday, the Battlegroup's Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Sanders, reflected on the time he and his troops spent at the city base...
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4 Rifles reflect on Basra Palace experience

MOD photo by Corporal Steve Follows