Basra, Iraq (AHN) – Britain has announced that a majority of 150 of its remaining troops will come home from Iraq by spring next year. According to military spokesman Maj. Gen. Lorimer, Britain is planning to withdraw more than 100 British sailors from Iraq once they finish providing training sessions to the Iraqi navy in the southern port of Umm Qasr.

The spokesman denied any links between the troops’ withdrawal and last month’s defense cuts. However, he added that a small number of Britons would continue training of Iraqi army officers as part of a NATO mission.

It may be noted that British has pulled out majority of its forces from the war-torn nation last May.

Maj Gen Lorimer further said that small Royal Navy team should complete the training session by May 2011, adding that British soldiers would be able to spend additional six months – a period Iraq’s council of ministers agreed on November 10, on the training mission.

Umm Qasr is in Iraq’s Basra provice and is the country’s only deep water port. It is also hub where country receives 80% of its grain supply.

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