Read more Prime Minister David Cameron thanks the President : ` ` You make our country proud '' His surprise announcement comes after announcing reduction from 9,500 to 5,200 troops by end of 2013 . Britain has lost no troops since Operation Iraqi Freedom began in 2001 .
Prime Minister David Cameron thanks the President : ` ` You make our country proud '' His surprise announcement comes after announcing reduction from 9,500 to 5,200 troops by end of 2013 . Britain has lost no troops since Operation Iraqi Freedom began in 2001 .