UK army units poised for mergers
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Several regiments and battalions will see their units disappear and merge into the Army's largest infantry unit.
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The defence secretary is due to confirm the deployment of an extra 1,000 UK troops to Afghanistan.
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Britain will soon announce it is bolstering its force in Afghanistan with an extra 1,000 soldiers, British media reported Friday, days after the country said it plans to withdraw 1,600 troops from Iraq in coming months.
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Soldiers from the Black Watch are preparing to target criminal and terrorist gangs as they settle into the regiment&#39;s latest base in a US-controlled area of Iraq.
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A further deployment of British troops to Afghanistan is to be ordered by the government, the BBC learns.
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Some 7,000 UK troops are currently serving in Iraq Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to announce a timetable for the withdrawal of UK troops from Iraq.Comment
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FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq, Nov. 1, 2004 -- A British armored battle group of about 850 soldiers, led by the 1st Battalion of the Black Watch Regiment, has deployed from Basra, Iraq, to an area south
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Iraq's interim rulers say the National Guard is to be dissolved and merged with the fledgling army.
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The 850-strong Black Watch battle group is settling back into its Basra base ahead of the troops&#39; anticipated return to the UK within the next week.
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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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British troops are likely to be based in southern Iraq for the foreseeable future, army commander says.
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A British army regiment has signed a one  million pound ($2.05 million) record deal with Universal Music,  a spokesman for the Pipes and Drums of the unit, the Royal  Scots Dragoon Guards, said on Sunday.
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Under emergency plans drawn up by the British Force headquarters in Basra, in southern Iraq ( news - web sites ), 650 soldiers from the Black Watch regiment could be moved to the location earmarked by the US 20 ...
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Hundreds of British soldiers are preparing today to move to central Iraq to support US troops. An 850-strong group from the Black Watch will be deployed to the area
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Moves are made to end the confusion about Tory Party pledges to reinstate Army regiments scrapped in Scotland.
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A trade union claims as many as 3,000 jobs could go at army bases under future normalisation plans.
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The Pentagon notified U.S. military  combat units based in seven states on Tuesday that they are  likely to be part of next-year's planned rotation of American  forces into Iraq and Afghanistan.