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30-05-04, 21:44
Tony Blair says he hopes there will be a "very substantial" reduction in British troops in Iraq before the end of next year.
But the UK prime minister said a decision would be made "in the next few weeks" about whether to send 3,000 extra troops to the region.
Mr Blair told Breakfast with Frost decisions on whether to reduce troop numbers would depend on the Iraqi security forces having the capability to do the work themselves.
He warned that coalition troops were currently facing the "worst time" for violence, in the run-up to the handover of power to an Iraqi government
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3761469.stm)
But the UK prime minister said a decision would be made "in the next few weeks" about whether to send 3,000 extra troops to the region.
Mr Blair told Breakfast with Frost decisions on whether to reduce troop numbers would depend on the Iraqi security forces having the capability to do the work themselves.
He warned that coalition troops were currently facing the "worst time" for violence, in the run-up to the handover of power to an Iraqi government
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3761469.stm)