Britain to withdraw 600 troops from Bosnia
AFP, March, 2007
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LONDON (AFP) — Britain is to withdraw almost all of its 600 troops from Bosnia-Hercegovina, a minister said Thursday amid claims London is being forced to "scratch around" for extra manpower to send to Afghanistan.
Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram made the announcement to the House of Commons after the European Union said Wednesday it was cutting peacekeepers from 6,500 to around 2,500 as security improves in the Balkan nation.
"It is clear that Bosnia-Hercegovina is becoming increasingly safe," Ingram told lawmakers, noting that 55 Britons had died while serving in the country since war broke out there in the early 1990s.
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Britain's Welsh Guards, currently deployed there, will not be replaced with any further troops -- although a small number of staff officers will remain at the EU force headquarters in Sarajevo, he said.
"The EU decision is in accordance with clear military advice that ...
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