Create the conditions for the Iraqis to resume control of Basra airport so that it can return to full civilian use.

创造条件让伊拉克人能够获得巴士拉机场的控制权，并让它能够归于全体民众使用。

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Above a dog handler waits as British soldiers are briefed on the night convoy route they will take from the main British base at Basra Airport to Kuwait on Feb. 11 2009.

上图当中，一位英军的警犬员正在等待命令安排，从而从巴士拉机场的英军主基地撤离前往科威特，照片拍摄于2009年2月11日。

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Britain's garrison of 4,100 troops based at Basra airport will be run down in the coming months, with all but about 300, who will continue to train Iraqi forces, leaving by the end of July.

驻巴士拉空军基地的4100英兵在未来几个月内将撤离，其中三百兵力继续留守训练伊军，直到七月底撤离。

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The BBC's Jim Muir in Baghdad said the troops were returning to their base at Basra airport after carrying out a re-supply mission at their Basra Palace base.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Three troops killed in Iraq named

Our correspondent said the military plan over the next 12 months was to reduce the number of British troops at Basra airport from 5, 500 to just 1, 500, although he cautioned that this could be changed by surprise political announcements.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Three troops killed in Iraq named

And the BBC understands that British soldiers are expected to move from Basra city altogether to the airport "in the next few weeks over a single weekend".

BBC: NEWS | UK | Three troops killed in Iraq named