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Article: British troops to leave Iraq in first half 2009
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- December 17, 2008
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British troops to leave Iraq in first half 2009
BAGHDAD, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki
and his visiting British counterpart said that the British troops
will end its mission in Iraq in the first half of next year, a joint
statement said.
"The British combat forces will complete their tasks in southern
Iraq in the first half of 2009," according to a statement issued by
the two leaders after a meeting in Maliki's office tackled the fate
of the British troops in southern the country.
Earlier in the day, Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown paid a
surprise visit o Baghdad, which is his fourth visit since he took
office last year.
"The partnership between the two ...