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UK, US to withdraw Iraq forces by early '07: papers Sat Mar 4, 2006pm ET166 LONDON (Reuters) - The United States and Britain are planning to pull all their troops out of Iraq by the spring of 2007, two British newspapers reported in their Sunday editions, quoting unnamed senior defense ministry sources. The Sunday Telegraph said the planned pull-out followed an acceptance by the two governments that the presence of foreign troops in Iraq was now a large obstacle to securing peace. "The British government is understood to be the driving force behind the withdrawal plan but all 24 coalition members are likely to welcome the move, given the growing international unpopularity of the war," the Telegraph said. There are currently about 135,000 U.S. soldiers and Marines and about 8,500 British troops in Iraq. The full U.S.-led coalition numbers around 160,000. Italy, which has the fourth largest contingent in Iraq, has said it plans to pull out this year. Britain's Sunday Mirror newspaper also reported on the planned withdrawal saying it would happen within 12 months. http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-03-04T232021Z_01_L04315254_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ-TROOPS-WITHDRAWAL.xml&rpc=22
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