Posted on 06/08/2005 12:44:46 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
AL AMARAH, Iraq -- British forces could begin pulling out of one southern Iraqi province as early as this year, said Lt. Col. Andrew Williams, the senior commander here. "In three or four months, we could begin withdrawing from Maysan province," Col. Williams, 43, said during an interview at his headquarters at Camp Abu Naji near Al Amarah, 100 miles north of Basrah and home to more than 1,000 soldiers with Britain's Coldstream Guards and Royal Hussars regiments. Two soldiers from this camp have died in insurgent attacks in the past seven weeks, the most recent, 21-year-old Lance Cpl. Alan Brackenbury, on May 31. More than 80 British troops have died in Iraq since the 2003 invasion.
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