Black Watch Future Decided Tomorrow
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The future of the historic Black Watch is expected to be decided by army chiefs tomorrow. The executive committee of the Army Board is thought to be meeting to decide the plan to restructure
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BLACK Watch soldiers were on their way to Iraq&#39;s worst killing fields last night - and the Scots Guards could follow them. Britain&#39;s top general hinted yesterday that UK troops could be based in high-risk areas around Baghdad until well into next year.
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A soldier of the Black Watch has been killed in a car accident in Iraq and three others injured. The dead soldier, who has not been named, was involved in a vehicle accident as British Army units moved up to positions near Baghdad.
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The Black Watch battalion was yesterday ordered by the Cabinet to help US forces throw a &quot;ring of steel&quot; around Fallujah before an all-out assault on insurgents in the city.
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By Andrew Woodcock and James Lyons, Political Correspondents, PA News. Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon is expected to tell MPs today that no decision has yet been made on whether to deploy British troops in the American-controlled sector of Iraq.
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TONY BLAIR has been given a warning this week: an amber, rather than a red, light. The row over the redeployment of the Black Watch matters, though less in the short term in Iraq than in the long term for
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The first units of a Black Watch battlegroup are due to arrive today in their new positions south of Baghdad as Tony Blair indicated that more British troops may replace them in the American-controlled zone before the end of the year.
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Black Watch soldiers have held their last church service at their base near Basra in Iraq, before their move north. The battalion is getting its weapons, ammunition and Warrior armoured vehicles ready for the move to an area under American command.
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The 1st Battalion Black Watch could be on the move north to central Iraq within 24 hours.
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&#39;Just say no.&#39; That was the Guardian&#39;s considered advice to the UK government over the redeployment of British Black Watch troops from Basra to central Iraq to take the place of Americans who have to go off and fight insurgents.
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A final decision on whether the Rev. Ian Paisley&#39;s DUP and Sinn Fein can reach a deal this year to restore devolution and implement the Good Friday agreement should be known next week.
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Â· Close finish expected as result is announced today Â· Huhne in line for senior role if he is defeated
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Several British newspapers and the British Broadcasting Corp. have reported that London is considering sending 600 soldiers from the Black Watch regiment in relatively peaceful Basra to bolster U.S. operations ...
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Whilst some may claim that the British are staunch allies of the United States (depite being having clearly different agendas on the World Stage), the recent request made to Britain for additional support, namely 600 troops from Black Watch to be moved North to Baghdad to help out the 130,000 US troops who want to move upto Fallujah, is being met by the British Parliament with what we might politely call some   hostility. As the Honourable member for Morecambe and Lunesdale (yes, it is as grim as it sounds), Geraldine Smith asks:    "I'm concerned about the timing. We've been asked by the Americans two weeks before their election to cover for their troops. Is this a ploy to allow Bush not to send more troops? If we made a decision to send troops tomorrow, it looks like we are stepping in to help out the President."
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Military officials are to make a final decision on the European Union force for the region bordering Darfur.
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Story in full THE Black Watch could be pulled out of the "Sunni Triangle" within days now the US assault on Fallujah is at an end, it emerged yesterday.