 LONDON: British soldiers in Iraq will face greater risk as Britain begins to withdraw its troops from the country, Defence Secretary John Reid said on Sunday. British officials have said they hope to reduce their forces in the country from the current 8,000 some time in 2006. Ninety-eight British troops have died since the 2003 invasion, about two-thirds of them in combat and insurgent attacks. The troops, based around Basra in the country’s south, have been targeted by a spate of roadside bombs and other violence. “It is getting riskier,” Reid told Sky News television. Reid said he hoped British troops would begin to depart this year, “as the hand-over occurs to the Iraqi security services that we are building up.” “We will then find that there is a greater propensity for the terrorists to attack because they retreat into last bastions,” Reid said....
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