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[21 Feb 2007 | No Comment | ]

It looks like Tony Blair will be ordering that the UK troop presence in Iraq be cut in half by the end of 2007. This means that three of the allies left for the United States will soon only include the republics of Me, Myself, and I.  And maybe an Israeli guy.
Blair will tell the House of Commons Wednesday that 1,500 soldiers will return to Britain within weeks, and 3,000 will follow suit by the end of the year, The Sun newspaper reported. Britain has a contingent of 7,000 in …