U.S. Army will pull out of 13 German bases

BERLIN - The U.S. Army will pull out of 13 bases in southern Germany as part of its repositioning of American forces around the world, its European headquarters said Friday.Eleven bases in and around the city of Würzburg in Bavaria state will be handed over to the German government by September 2007, the Army's European headquarters in Heidelberg said. Two more bases near Würzburg will close and be handed over in subsequent years.Washington is bringing many units home and opening smaller, more flexible bases abroad to respond to new threats such as international terrorism.The new bases will host U.S.-based troops rotating through for shorter periods of time, without the schools and family housing that went with Cold War-era bases.