But the coalition's second largest troop provider, Britain, set a "firm deadline" of 2015 for withdrawing its fighting force, and Spain said its own involvement could be over as soon as 2012.

但是为联军出兵人数第二多的英国，将2015年设定为一个撤出战斗部队的“坚决的最后期限”，西班牙称其军事行动将于2012年结束。