Bulgaria to redeploy troops in Iraq: official
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The Bulgarian government has decided to redeploy its troops in Iraq from Karbala, south of Baghdad, to Divaniyah near Najaf, local media reported Thursday.
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Politics: 20 September 2004, Monday. Top officials from the Bulgarian Army and the Defence Ministry are planning a trip to Karbala in the upcoming days.
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British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon told the British Parliament on Thursday that the government has agreed to a US request to redeploy British troops in Iraq to relieve American forces.
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Politics: 12 November 2004, Friday. The last phase in the preparation of Bulgaria's fourth infantry unit to set off for Iraq in about a month was completed, the Defense Ministry announced in a press statement.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s government agreed Thursday to meet a US request and redeploy a battalion of 850 British troops into volatile central Iraq, despite strong opposition from lawmakers.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair was to announce on Wednesday that his country will begin withdrawing thousands of troops from Iraq within weeks, according to media reports.
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Bulgarian President Georgi Purvanov has expressed his opposition to redeployment of his country's troops from Iraq's Karbala to Najaf, local media reported Saturday.
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Politics: 29 November 2004, Monday. The first group of the fourth Bulgarian infantry battalion left Sunday to Iraq from the Plovdiv airport.
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Britain needs to redeploy troops closer to Baghdad so that the insurgency in central Iraq can be dealt with ahead of Iraqi elections, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Tuesday.
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Politics: 31 December 2004, Friday. Bulgarian troops in Diwaniyah will meet the New Year together with their fellow-soldiers from the Polish-led multinational division in Iraq.
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New NATO ally Bulgaria will send 350 troops as and airport security guard in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul, a military commander said Tuesday.
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The United States has asked Britain to redeploy hundreds of troops from southern Iraq, the Defense Ministry said Sunday amid reports the troops will move to the Baghdad area to back up Americans planning a major offensive against insurgents in Fallujah.
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Some 850 British troops have started preparations to redeploy from southern Iraq to an area outside of Baghdad. The move comes after Britain agreed to a US request for help and is designed to make more US
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Bulgarian President Georgy Parvanov told parliament that he would like to see Bulgaria's 450-strong troop contingent out of Iraq before the end of the year, but for the pullout not to be hasty.
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Politics: 8 November 2004, Monday. Bulgaria's third Iraq unit completed its relocation to Diwaniya within the set time schedule and amid tight security measures.
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The British government agreed on Thursday to a US request to redeploy British troops in Iraq to relieve American forces, despite angry objections from some lawmakers, who fear a major increase in British ...
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Politics: 29 November 2004, Monday. The first group of the Bulgarian unit to Iraq returned to Sofia safe and sound on November 28.