It also indicates a US drawdown is in the works.
The paper, by defense Secretary John Reid, suggests the UK's 8,500 troops in Iraq could be cut to 3,000, saving around £500m a year.
The document, leaked to the Mail on Sunday, also sets out US plans to cut its troops from 176,000 to 66,000.
These are all based upon the Iraqi ability to keep the peace themselves.
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Since this is a brit doc, I am not sure it is safe to assume the reports of a US pullback are valid but it does make sense.
With elections are only 16 months away, being able to announce new much lower number pf troops in country has to count for votes.
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