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英米はイラクから9ヶ月以内に撤兵を計画（AP）
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http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1426329,001300180001.htm
'US, UK plan to withdraw troops from Iraq within nine months'
Associated Press
London, July 10, 2005
Britain and the US are trying to build a new strategy to exit Iraq that could see British troops returning home by Christmas, a newspaper reported citing a government memo written by the defence secretary.
The Mail on Sunday reported that British Defence Secretary John Reid drafted a secret paper for Prime Minister Tony Blair outlining how most of the country's 8,500 troops could be sent home from Iraq within three months, with the rest by the end of the year.
The document also said the US was looking to cut back its own troop levels to 66,000, down from the 135,000 there now.
But in a statement released by Britain Defence Ministry, Reid said the document was simply one of several period updates examining possible scenarios for the war in Iraq.
"We have made it absolutely plain that we will stay in Iraq for as long as is needed," Reid said in a statement. "No decisions on the future force posture of UK forces have been taken."
In a copy of the letter, portions of which were printed by the newspaper and marked "Secret - UK Eyes Only," Reid wrote that there was a strong desire in the US military to reduce the number of its troops in Iraq and hand over security duties to Iraqi forces in 14 of the country's 18 provinces by the end of the year.
"There is a debate between the Pentagon/CENTCOM who favour a relatively bold reduction, and MNF-I (US commanders in Iraq) whose approach is more cautious," part of the letter reads.
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