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America to pull its tank units out of Germany By David Rennie in Washington (Filed: 10/01/2004) The United States plans to withdraw its heavy armoured formations from Germany next year, in the largest reshaping of the European military landscape since the end of the Cold War, it emerged yesterday. The historic plans are part of a drive to turn the American military into a more flexible, rapid reaction force. They have been in gestation since long before the Iraq war, and Washington officials insist they are not punishing Germany for opposing the toppling of Saddam Hussein. The decision to move...

US has no idea when troops will pull out of Iraq By Rupert Cornwell in Washington 10 September 2003 Under fierce grilling from both Democratic and Republican Senators yesterday, senior US officials admitted they had no idea how long American troops would be staying in Iraq, or when the extra international forces sought by President George Bush would be deployed to help them. Testifying to the Senate Armed Services Committee, Paul Wolfowitz, the Deputy Defence Secretary, and General Richard Myers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivered the first defence on Capitol Hill of President Bush's $87bn (£55bn)...

Wednesday, 21 August, 2002, 00:44 GMT 01:44 UK Saudi investors 'pull out of US' Saudis deny they have funded terrorists Saudi investors are reported to have withdrawn tens of billions of dollars from the United States as the two countries' relations come under increasing strain. Britain's Financial Times newspaper quotes one analyst as saying withdrawals by individual Saudi investors may amount to as much as $200bn and their loss may have contributed to recent falls in the value of the dollar. People no longer have any confidence in the US economy or in US foreign policy Saudis have reacted with...