Prime Minister David Cameron said the troop strength would drop to 9,000 . The announcement was made on the eve of the sixth anniversary of the July 7 terror attack in London , and Cameron makes the point that the attack was `` inspired by al Qaeda and executed by extremists following the same perverted ideology that underpinned the September 11th attack in 2001 . '' The drop comes as Canada ends its combat role . The United States is planning on a troop drawdown .
Prime Minister David Cameron said the troop strength would drop to 9,000 . The drop comes as Canada ends its combat role . The United States is planning on a troop drawdown .