Tony Blair announced today that he wants to withdraw British troops from Iraq, 1500 people for now, which will shortly return back home.

Blair also told the House of Commons that about 3000 Brittish soldiers will have left Iraq by the end of 2007. As for the rest of the force (about 4000 people), nothing was said.

The announcement comes as Bush implements an increase of 21000 troops for Iraq, while many coalition partners are pulling out - the Italians and Slovaks have left, and the Danes and the South Koreans also want to start withdrawing.