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| British Forces to hand over southern camp to Iraqi's |
| 2006-08-13 |
| BRITISH military forces will hand over a camp in southern Iraq next month to Iraqi forces, a military commander has announced. The Queen's Royal Hussars will hand over to Iraqi forces Camp Abu Naji, south of al-Amara, the capital of Maysan province, according to the Iraqi government. The Guardian newspaper reported in an early edition of its Monday paper that British troops will not leave the province immediately, citing unnamed defence sources. Instead, they will move to a base near Basra and take on long-range patrols in the province's marshlands and borders with Iran. Lieutenant Colonel David Labouchere said Iraqi soldiers and police had been "very impressive in implementing new security plans". He said that Iraqi authorities believed they were "well on the way to transition to Provincial Iraqi Control". |
| Posted by:Oztralian |