UK: Army chief speaks of Iraq troop withdrawal

Britain will recall its first batch of around 1,500 troops from Iraq in the next two to three months, army chief General Richard Dannatt said today.

“We are following the plans that our government laid down and as announced in London, we are withdrawing the first 1,500 (troops) or so in the next two or three months,” Dannatt, who is on an official visit here, told reporters.