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| US accelerates Iraq exit |
| 2009-03-08 |
| THE United States will pull 12,000 troops out of Iraq by the end of September in an acceleration of the US withdrawal, Iraqi government spokesman Ali Dabbagh said. "We have agreed that a total of 12,000 US troops will be withdrawn by the end of September 2009,'' he said. "In addition, 4000 British troops will withdraw in July 2009 according to an agreement between the United Kingdom and Iraq,'' Mr Dabbagh said alongside coalition forces spokesman Major General David Perkins of the US army. |
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