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UK's Brown makes fact-finding visit to Iraq
BAGHDAD, June 11 (Reuters) - Britain's next prime minister, Gordon Brown, arrived in Iraq on Monday for a fact-finding visit as he weighs Britain's future involvement in a four-year-old war that has angered voters and led to calls for a speedy pullout.

"Gordon Brown is in Baghdad to gather facts that will inform decisions he needs to make about Iraq over the next couple of months," a British embassy spokeswoman said.

It is his first visit since it was confirmed he was taking over the premiership on June 27 from Tony Blair, whose popularity among British voters was undermined by his support for the U.S.-led Iraq war.

Brown told reporters travelling with him: "This is very much an assessment more than anything else, a fact-finding trip."

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