British Military Begins Deployment in Iraq
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Some 800 British forces, accompanied by US Marines, began making their way toward Baghdad on Wednesday as part of a redeployment ahead of an expected coalition offensive against insurgent strongholds.
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Troops from the Black Watch regiment have begun a major operation in central Iraq.
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The U.S. military kicked off a  buildup of forces in Iraq by 12,000 troops on Friday as 82nd  Airborne Division soldiers began leaving Fort Bragg, North  Carolina, to boost security for Jan. 30 Iraqi elections.
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Britain began deploying about 800 of its Black Watch troops north toward Baghdad from their base in southern Iraq on Wednesday, the British military said.
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A British battalion of 600 infantry have been told to make ready for deployment to Iraq, the Conservatives claimed today. The soldiers, understood to be from the 2nd
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British troops moved from Basra on  Wednesday to take over an area near Baghdad in a move that  could set the stage for a U.S. attack on rebel-held Falluja.
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Around 350 British troops are to return to the UK from southern Iraq four months early.
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Basra, Iraq -- The British military says its troops have begun heading north to Baghdad from their base in southern Iraq. Large flatbed trucks can be seen carrying armored British vehicles up a road through Iraq&#39;s southern desert.
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THE US had asked Britain to redeploy troops stationed in the UK-controlled zone in southern Iraq, the Ministry of Defence confirmed today.
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The Ministry of Defence announces that an extra 220 British troops are to be sent to Iraq.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair  announced on Wednesday the start of the withdrawal of British  troops from Iraq just as thousands of additional U.S. troops  were arriving there to try to restore order in Baghdad.
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British troops redeployed in central Iraq to support US forces have come under fresh attacks at their base south of Baghdad, the BBC reported Wednesday.
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The bulk of an 850-strong group of British troops are gathering near their new base in a US-controlled area of Iraq. Soldiers from the Black Watch regiment will join up with the first wave of their colleagues
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British Army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, Duke of Wellington Regiment, move toward the center of Basra, southern Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004, during clashes with armed gunmen.
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British troops will be moved to central Iraq in response to a US request, the defence secretary announces.
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A battle group of British troops began to roll out of southern Iraq Wednesday on a US-requested mission to deadlier areas near Baghdad in a major political gamble for British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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A British regiment of 850 soldiers deployed to back up US forces outside Baghdad since the end of October has returned to its base in the southern Iraqi city of Basra.