Basra's Back in Business

British and American troops wait for a Royal Air Force Hercules jet to take them out of Iraq
Abbie Trayler-Smith/Panos for TIME

Homeward Bound
British and American troops wait for a Royal Air Force Hercules jet to take them out of Iraq. All but a tiny rump of the 4,100 British forces currently stationed in Iraq will move out by May 31.

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