Service Marks End of Iraq Operations ; After a Commitment Lasting More Than Six Years, British Forces Have Successfully Completed Their Combat Mission in Basra and Will Now Start Leaving Southern Iraq.

Plymouth Evening Herald, The › May 02, 2009

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After a commitment lasting more than six years, British Forces have successfully completed their combat mission in Basra and will now start leaving southern Iraq.

Yesterday servicemen and women stationed at the Contingency Operating Base (COB) outside Basra were joined by Defence Secretary John Hutton MP for a day of reflection on the mission, commemoration of their losses, and celebration of British achievements in Iraq since Operation Telic was launched in 2003.

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Service Marks End of Iraq Operations ; After a Commitment Lasting More Than Six Years, British Forces Have Successfully Completed Their Combat Mission in Basra and Will Now Start Leaving Southern Iraq.

Plymouth troops have served in the country since operations began. They were among the first troops to invade Iraq and 14 city...

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