A British army soldier waves from an armored vehicle while on patrol in Basra, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad, on the day that Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair announced the first large-scale British troop withdrawal from Iraq. Blair said Britain will withdraw around 1,600 troops from Iraq over the "coming months."

First published in the February 21, 2007, 10:46 p.m. edition

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