Britain: 15 troops under 18 sent to Iraq
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Fifteen British troops under the age of 18 have been "inadvertently" sent to fight in Iraq, violating a U.N. protocol on children's rights, the government said Sunday.
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Britain agreed Thursday to a US request for troops to be moved into central Iraq, a proposal that faced strong opposition within the governing Labour Party.
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More than 1,000 British and Danish troops stormed five houses Friday in southern Iraq, using ground forces, boats, helicopters and jets in a raid that detained five Iraqis and confiscated a large cache of weapons, a spokesman said.
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British troops leave the center of Basra, southern Iraq, Thursday, Oct 21, 2004. Britain said Thursday a battalion of British troops would be redeployed into volatile central Iraq, meeting a US request despite
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British troops are being sent to patrol areas near Baghdad to allow US troops to take &quot;decisive action&quot; against Iraqi insurgents, Britain&#39;s top military officer has said.
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Britain said Monday it will respond soon to a U.S. request to send troops to more dangerous areas of Iraq, a politically charged issue that has revived anger over Prime Minister Tony Blair's support for the ...
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WASHINGTON -- Buoyed by a higher turnout and less violence than expected in Sunday's Iraqi election, Pentagon authorities have decided to start reducing the level of US forces in Iraq next month by about 15,000 troops, down to about 135,000, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said yesterday.
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Britain will deploy 360 extra troops to Iraq later this year to reinforce its 7,200-strong force in the restive southern city of Basra.
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As many as 15 British military personnel died when the transport plane they were travelling in crashed in central Iraq, military sources said.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will order nearly half the British troops in Iraq home by the end of 2007, British news outlets reported early Wednesday.Comment
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More than 1,000 extra British troops are to be sent to  Afghanistan by the government, the BBC learns.
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The British government says it&#39;ll honor the US request to send a battalion of troops to central Iraq. British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon says there&#39;s &quot;a compelling military operational justification&quot; for the redeployment.
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Hundreds of British soldiers being deployed to provide cover for U.S. troops have arrived at their base near Baghdad, the Ministry of Defense said Friday.
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British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon told the British Parliament Thursday that the government has agreed to a US request to send 850 British troops to relieve American forces in the more volatile areas of Iraq.
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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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Home secretary ordered to return 15-year-old Iraqi asylum seeker to British foster carer
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Britain is prepared to send more troops to Iraq if necessary to safeguard elections planned for next year, Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said on Friday.