Britain to Pull out of Iraq? Afshin Rattansi & Chris Nineham

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced the end of Britain's involvement in the Iraq war on Wednesday, saying almost all its troops would be out by the end of July next year.


Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown meets British military personnel in Umm Qasr Port, in Iraq December 17, 2008. Brown announced the end of Britain's involvement in the Iraq war on Wednesday, saying almost all its troops would be out by the end of July next year. (REUTERS/Peter Macdiarmid/Pool)
Brown's fourth trip to Iraq as prime minister coincided with the drafting by the Iraqi government of a law that obliges British forces to withdraw in mid-2009, more than six years after the U.S.-led invasion.

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[CloneTrooperKieran]

this was was set up by the illuminati in order for us to get oil, oil which they are making us spend lots of money for! we should have never been in this war.

[djdancemix]

i dont think its about the oil anymore its gettin redicuolus (cant spell) i think its about savin iraqs people and its not right. the usa and the uk are in iraq afganistan and everywhere and tryin to save there own people but where gettin killed and punished for it. a few days ago the uk announsed that 200 british soliders have now died in war that isnt even bein won. 200+ families hav lost a loved one for nothin no1 should hav got involved in war as it ends sadly so thank god britan is out.

[WLordnDRanch12]

well, There packing up and leaving now.

[fischech]

Britain pulled the US into every decisive war they fought in the last century. They can't leave Iraq, Britain is doomed to follow.

[netgemiplayer]

and every single member of that parasitic royal family

[netgemiplayer]

send the politicians and all their relatives to the battle front instead!

[Isawanangel1X]

of course the UK will be in afghan, where else will they secure oil, this is f-ing ridiculous, no point in false hope

[ghostofzappa]

Chris Nineham is talking crap.The UK withdrawal(if it happens)has nothing to do with the cumulative effects of the anti war movement or "domestic pressure" by the "people",,,nah I think it has more to do with Afghanistan and the fact the British economy is up shit creek.The troops the British has there are anyway symbolic,,,around 4000 or so.

What about Afghanistan?

[JaschkaZ]

why cant i see the video

i need someone smart to keep me entertained kP

[mushroomagicman]

If it sounds too good to be true it is too good to be True.