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Britain Pulls Out Of Al-Basrah Headquarters
August 26, 2007
A British tank patroling al-Basrah earlier this year (epa)
Britain had control of security in Al-Basrah since it joined the United States in invading Iraq in 2003.
The British contingent in Iraq has been reduced from about 7,200 last year to about 5,500 now.
(Reuters)