Brown talks of reducing troops on Iraq visit

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown today said it was his intention to reduce British troop numbers in Iraq, but he would not set an “artificial timetable” to bring forces home.

Withdrawals will depend on the achievement of key objectives on the ground, he told reporters during an unannounced visit to the Iraqi capital Baghdad, where he held talks with the country’s Prime Minister Nouri Maliki and President Jalal Talabani.