Brits join pre-poll offensive in Iraq
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BRITISH troops joined their US and Iraqi counterparts in a massive new offensive against insurgent strongholds yesterday as efforts intensified to restore government control in time for January 30 elections.
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Extra security measures are being introduced in Iraq ahead of Sunday's election - the first since the invasion.
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Britain could send more troops to Iraq before next January&#39;s elections, a senior military commander said today. Military chiefs are reported to have
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American, British and Iraqi troops are continuing their effort to root out insurgents south of Baghdad, in an operation aimed at clearing the way for elections to be held in January.
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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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British troops moved from Basra on Wednesday to take over an area near Baghdad in a move that could set the stage for a US attack on rebel-held Falluja.
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British forces have launched one of their biggest operations in Basra in three years as Prime Minister Tony Blair met US officials to seek a new strategy to end the &quot;hugely challenging&quot; crisis in Iraq.
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The United States and Iraq are crafting a two-pronged plan to prepare for Iraq's first democratic election in January, combining a fall military offensive to evict insurgents from volatile areas with creative approaches to ensure that voters will participate in the historic poll, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials.
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Tony Blair faces a growing political row over Iraq after it emerged that hundreds of British troops may soon be sent to the Baghdad region in order to fight under American command.
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More than 3,000 US and Iraqi soldiers started a major operation yesterday against insurgent strongholds just south of Baghdad, their second mission in five days to take control from militants whose attacks threaten national elections seen as crucial to
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Emotions ran high as hundreds of  jubilant British Iraqis arrived on Friday to vote in their  country's historic election.
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Iraqis living in Britain have begun registering for their country's January 30 elections, an emotional milestone for many.
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The Americans are saying it, the British Government is saying it and so too is Iyad Allawi. Iraqis will go to the polls by the end of January, come what may.
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More than 3,000 US and Iraqi forces launched an offensive on another rebel enclave in Iraq as Prime Minister Iyad Allawi pledged new plans to crush insurgents before promised January elections.
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Iraqis from Britain's 250,000-strong community began registering to vote in the first democratic polls to be held in their country of birth in half a century.
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Members of Britain's 250,000-strong Iraqi community, voicing hopes for lasting peace in their homeland, stepped forward to register to vote in Iraq ( news - web sites )'s first democratic polls in half a ...
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Tony Blair was last night accused of conspiring to use British troops in Iraq as a &quot;political gesture&quot; to boost George Bush&#39;s campaign in the US presidential elections.