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British in Basra look to Iraqis

Five years after declaring it stood shoulder to shoulder with the United States over the Iraq invasion Britain is quietly easing its way out.There remains in the south some 4,100 British military personnel, just one tenth of the British contingent of the invasion force, and the signs are they could be substantially withdrawn by the end of 2008. The British troops presently spend most of their time training and advising their Iraqi counterparts, who now take the lead role in security. Reuters correspondent Stuart McDill has been with the British forces in the region.