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Britain to end Iraq mission in first-half 2009 (AFP)

17/12/2008 08:45:15 Yahoo
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British troops at a base near Basra. British forces will complete their mission in Iraq in the first half of 2009 and then leave the country, visiting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his Iraqi counterpart Nuri al-Maliki said in a joint statement Wednesday.(AFP/File/Essam -al-Sudani)AFP - British forces will complete their mission in Iraq in the first half of 2009, leaders of the two countries said on Wednesday during a surprise visit to Baghdad by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.


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