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Tories want army pull-out from Germany

LONDON, Nov 21 - Britain should withdraw its army from Germany so it can take on “expeditionary roles” elsewhere under a strategic Nato overhaul, the British opposition defence spokesman said in a newspaper interview on Saturday.

Liam Fox told the Daily Telegraph Britain’s 25,000-strong military presence on the Rhine “wasn’t necessary” any longer now the security threat once posed by the Soviet regime was over.

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