British troops move closer to Baghdad
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British troops and armor rolled north from Basra yesterday to take over a deadly area near Baghdad and free up U.S. troops for a widely expected attack on the Iraqi rebel-held city of Fallujah.
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In a step fraught with risks for Prime Minister Tony Blair, Britain agreed yesterday to send 850 of its soldiers from relatively peaceful southern Iraq to a volatile area near Baghdad
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A reconnaissance team is to visit the area around Baghdad where UK forces could be sent to provide US back-up.
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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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The US government has welcomed Britain&#39;s decision to send 850 Black Watch soldiers closer to Baghdad. The troops from the Black Watch are preparing today to move from Basra to an area south west of Baghdad to support US troops.
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Britain is expected Wednesday to grant a US request to move forces north, near Baghdad.
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Hundreds of British soldiers arrived at a base near Baghdad in a deployment aimed at providing cover for U.S. troops considering a new assault on Iraqi insurgents, the Ministry of Defence said Friday.
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LONDONâBritish troops could be moved to Baghdad to provide cover for American troops as they carry out offensive operations against insurgents in Falluja and elsewhere in the country, media reports said yesterday.
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A reconnaissance team has studied the prospects for British troops moving north from their relatively calm base. Until now, the British were concentrated in Basra.
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BAGHDAD -- Scores of US troops descended on the vast Shi'ite district of Sadr City in Baghdad late Tuesday and early yesterday, residents there said, searching several houses in what appeared to be an intense hunt for a British financial consultant and four British bodyguards abducted on Tuesday.
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LONDON  - British troops could be moved to Baghdad to provide cover for U.S. troops as they carry out offensive operations against insurgents in Fallujah and elsewhere in Iraq, news reports said Saturday.
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. British troops moved north from Basra Wednesday to take over a deadly area near Baghdad and free up US troops for a possible attack on Falluja.
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Some 850 British troops and support personnel will move to patrol areas closer to Baghdad following a U.S. request, Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said on Thursday.
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The government is "very sympathetic" to a U.S. request for British troops in southern Iraq to be moved closer to Baghdad to free up American forces for anti-insurgency operations, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Tuesday.
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Â· Siege fear as Britain plans handover to Iraqis Â· Commanders say they expect attacks to increase
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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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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.