British PM rejects 'predetermined exit timetable' for Iraq

British troops in Iraq have an important job to do and there is no fixed timetable for their withdrawal, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday, despite speculation that Britain will soon announce a major pullout.

Brown said Britain would "fulfill our obligations to the government and people of Iraq and the United Nations." He rejected calls for "A predetermined exit timetable that would undermine our international obligations, as well as hindering the task of our armed forces and increasing the risks they face." (AP)