Secret US/British Plans: Major Troop Reductions in Iraq by Next Year

Revolt · Jul 10, 2005

Unreal:

The United States and Britain are drawing up plans to withdraw the majority of their troops from Iraq by the middle of next year, according to a secret memo written for British Prime Minister Tony Blair by Defense Secretary John Reid.
The paper, which is marked "Secret -- UK Eyes Only," said "emerging U.S. plans assume that 14 out of 18 provinces could be handed over to Iraqi control by early 2006," allowing a reduction in overall U.S.-led forces in Iraq to 66,000 troops. The troop level is now about 160,000, including 138,000 American troops, according to a military spokesperson in Baghdad.
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Danks81 · Jul 10, 2005

Source?

And in regards to the blurb ... it's about damn time.

Revolt · Jul 10, 2005

Oops - WashPo.

Mel Brennan · Jul 11, 2005

Merge with this, please.