Blair Plans To Withdraw 1,600 Troops From Iraq

LONDON, Feb. 21 -- Prime Minister Tony Blair announced Wednesday that 1,600 British troops would return home from Iraq in the coming months and that a further 500 soldiers may be withdrawn by the end of summer.
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Mary Jordan and Joshua Partlow

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