BAGHDAD (Reuters) - British troops may be gone from Iraq by the end of 2007 as local security forces assume greater responsibility, President Jalal Talabani said on Tuesday, but Britain's foreign minister stressed no timetable had been set.
"Coalition forces can't go now because that would create a security vacuum," visiting Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said, noting Iraq was making "very slow" progress on security.
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