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LONDON, July 21 (UPI) -- Britain is running out of soldiers to fight abroad or defend the homeland if emergencies occur, it was reported Saturday.
"We have almost no capability to react to the unexpected," Gen. Richard Dannatt said in a letter to high-ranking commanders. "Reinforcements are non-existent."
Dannatt said the Army has 3,500 fewer troops than it needs and only one battalion of 500 soldiers is available to deal with emergencies such as a terrorist attack, reported The Daily Mail.
"It is critical that we improve manning as quickly as we can," Dannatt said in his letter, leaked to The Daily Telegraph and the BBC.
The letter emerged Thursday shortly after Defense Secretary Des Browne announced 500 British soldiers will be withdrawn from Iraq this winter, leaving 5,000 in Iraq. Britain also has 6,000 troops in Afghanistan.
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