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Date: 28th February 1991
Service: CEEFAX
Region: N/A
Original Broadcast Channel: BBC1
Current Page: 112
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P112 CEEFAX 112 Thu 28 Feb 22:13/37 UK TROOPS TO WITHDRAW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd says British troops will be brought home from the Gulf as soon as possible. In a BBC TV interview, he said British troops serving in Kuwait, southern Iraqand Saudi Arabia would not be kept there as part of a peace-keeping force.In the Commons, Prime Minister John Major also pledged that British troops would be brought home "shortly". White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said the withdrawal of US troops and equipment from the Gulf would begin in a matter of days. 101War headlines 130Gulf military Next News Newswatch GulfIndex Latest