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| 2003 | Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton |  |
| Mar Travels to Spain, France, Italy & the Azores but fails to secure a UN resolution |
| May BBC Radio 4 "Today" says the government "sexed up" the dossier of Iraq's weapons |
| May Radio 4 "Today" broadcast says the government "sexed up" the Iraq weapons dossier |
| Sep A report suggests Blair overrode security concerns invasion could increase terrorism |
| 2007 | Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton | |
| 21st Feb Blair says as many as 1,600 of the 7,100 troops stationed in southern Iraq will leave in the next few months. "What all this means is not that Basra is how we want it to be, but it does mean that the next chapter in Basra's history can be written |
| 2007 | Brown, Gordon | |
| 28th Feb Blair Announces plans to withdraw troops from Iraq, he says as many as 1,600 of the 7,100 troops stationed in southern Iraq will leave in the next few months |
| 8th Oct British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announces that half of the country's 5,000 troops stationed in Basra will be removed by the end of 2008 |
