Britain denies `political&#39; deployment in Iraq
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s government yesterday rejected claims from opposition lawmakers that a redeployment of British troops in Iraq would be a political show of support for the administration of US President George W. Bush before presidential
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LONDON Tony Blair denies he misrepresented intelligence about Iraqi weapons before the war and is rejecting demands to apologize. The British prime minister tells the House of Commons he can&#39;t say he misrepresented
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London, Sept. 23 (NNN): Britain has ruled out negotiations with militants holding a British man in Iraq, after the hostage made a video appeal to Prime Minister Tony Blair to help save his life.
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Britain has not yet decided whether to send 650 troops to relieve US forces in Iraq, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday, while rejecting suggestions that such a move would be aimed at boosting US President George W. Bush's electoral campaign.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair's government on Monday rejected claims from opposition lawmakers that a redeployment of British troops in Iraq would be a political show of support for the Bush administration before U.S. presidential elections.
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Foreign secretary insists UK troop levels will not be influenced by ongoing US military 'surge'.
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has dismissed a suggestion that a withdrawal by UK troops from their base in the southern Iraqi city of Basra was a defeat, insisting it was an "organized" move.
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BRIGHTON : A combative Prime Minister Tony Blair refused to apologise for taking Britain into the Iraq war, as he rallied the Labour Party to unite and win a third straight term in a general election likely to take place in 2005.
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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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Downing St rejected Foreign Office calls to press the case for an end to Mid-East hostilities, the BBC learns.
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Germany said Wednesday it could not rule out sending troops to Iraq, dropping its firm refusal to consider any deployment to the country whose invasion last year it staunchly opposed.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair issued a staunch defence of his record on Iraq Thursday after announcing a major troop withdrawal, and also insisted there is &quot;no planning&quot; under way for an attack on Iran.
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Australia said Wednesday it would not follow Britain's lead in withdrawing troops from Iraq but denied close ally London had effectively &quot;cut and run&quot; from the war-torn country.
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Britain on Thursday rejected a claim by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan that the U.S.-led Iraq war was "illegal" because Washington and its coalition allies never got Security Council backing for the invasion.
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British forces in southern Iraq deny rumours that they have released man-eating badgers into the local area.
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Â· Britain alarmed by critics in US administration Â· Ministers deny mission in southern Iraq has failed
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The office of British Prime Minister Tony Blair ( news - web sites ) denied newspaper reports that a plan was set for US President George W. Bush ( news - web sites ) to visit Britain in February.