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Word: overwatch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2007-2007
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...There are currently about 5,000 U.K. troops in Iraq. Brown's statement envisages this will fall to 4,500 by December and to 4,000 by early in the new year, as the British military moves into what he described as a two-stage overwatch process. During the first stage, U.K. forces are expected to retain responsibility for training, securing supply routes and helping to patrol the Iran-Iraq border, while 500 support and logistics personnel will operate from a neighboring country. A further draw down in the spring should see troop levels cut to 2,500 and signal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.K.'s Brown to Cut Iraq Troops | 10/9/2007 | See Source »

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