1600名英军将撤出British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced this week that 1,600 British troops will leave Iraq in the coming months. Britain has more than 7,000 troops in Iraq. The forces to be 1._______ are in the Basra area in the south. Most of those remaining will be located at Basra air 2.______. Their tasks will include training and supporting Iraqi forces and securing the 3._______ with Iran. Mr. Blair said the 4.________ was possible because of the increased readiness of Iraqi forces to take control. He said he hopes to reduce British troop levels to below 5,000 later this year. He says British forces will stay in Iraq into 2008 as long as they are wanted and have a job to do. Tony Blair has said he will leave office by September after ten years as prime minister. The 5._____ Party leader has lost popularity and has decided not to seek a fourth 6_______.