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To: FaultLine who wrote (151182)	7/31/2007 8:25:37 AM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (2) of 281500

Some progress of a sort. presstv.ir British army to leave N Ireland Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:27:31 Source: Agencies British troops were sent to Northern Ireland in 1969. The British Army is ending its 38-year presence in Northern Ireland, the longest campaign in the army's history, at midnight on Tuesday. "There will be no fanfare or ceremony to avoid accusations of triumphalism," said Colonel Harber of the 39th Infantry Brigade, "only a private moment of remembrance and absolutely nothing else. " A total of 763 military personnel were killed during the conflict. Operation Banner -the Army's support role for the police- has been its longest continuous campaign, with more than 300,000 personnel taking part in it. A garrison of 5,000 troops will remain but security will be entirely the responsibility of the police. It is intended that the soldiers based in Northern Ireland in future will be deployed in foreign trouble spots, not the streets of Northern Ireland. British troops were sent to Northern Ireland in 1969 after violent clashes between Catholics and Protestants.

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