Blair grants US call to move 850 troops
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LONDONâPrime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s government has taken the politically risky decision to send British troops to back up an expected US military assault on the Iraqi rebel stronghold of Falluja.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair says his Government has made no decision on whether to send 650 troops in Iraq to relieve US forces in potentially more dangerous parts of the country.
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45 Labour MPs urge a vote on Britain agreeing to a US request for UK troops to be sent to an area south west of Baghdad.
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With the insurgency in Iraq showing no signs of abating as US election day nears, the British government agreed to a request to redeploy 850 crack troops to a volatile area to the west of Baghdad.
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Britain was due on Monday to announce that it had received a US request to move some of its troops in Iraq into restive, US-held areas, a move opponents warned could be seen as a pre-election stunt to assist President George W. Bush.
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The UK will send 850 soldiers comprising the Black Watch and supporting units to western Iraq, Geoff Hoon has announced in the House of Commons.
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Britain will announce later whether it has agreed to a US request to send hundreds of its troops to relieve American forces in Iraq, Prime Minister Tony Blair's spokesman said, a move widely expected to go ahead.
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Britain has agreed to send troops to dangerous areas near Baghdad. Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said about 850 personnel would move north to allow United States troops to tackle insurgents elsewhere in Iraq
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Responding to a US request, Britain agreed yesterday to transfer 850 troops from relatively calm southern Iraq into a stronghold of the Iraqi insurgency near Baghdad.
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Britain is considering a U.S. request to  move troops into more potentially dangerous areas of Iraq, a  politically charged move which has re-ignited anger over Prime  Minister Tony Blair's support for the war.
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More British troops could go to Iraq if needed, Tony Blair says - a day after announcing the withdrawal of 1,600.
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a Commons statement on proposals to deploy British troops in the American-controlled sector of Iraq. Following a weekend of intense speculation over Government plans to support US forces around Baghdad, Mr
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Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Cabinet met Thursday to discuss a U.S. request for British troops to be moved into volatile central Iraq, a proposal that has met strong opposition within the governing Labour Party.
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LONDON : British Prime Minister Tony Blair has ordered the military to prepare to deploy up to 3,000 soldiers to the conflict-torn Sudanese region of Darfur, the Independent on Sunday reports.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair committed British troops to Iraq even though he despaired at the failure of the United States to plan adequately for the aftermath of the invasion, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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LONDON -- Britain has agreed to a US request to redeploy British troops from southern Iraq to an area closer to Baghdad. The british defence secretary made the announcement in the House of Commons.
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The British government is expected to aceed to a US request to send hundreds of its troops to a high-risk zone south of Baghdad, a move that risks infuriating Labour's own backbench MPs.