Troops revolt over &#39;suicide mission&#39;
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In an extraordinary breach of military discipline, an entire platoon of US army troops is under arrest in Iraq for refusing to undertake what they called a &quot;suicide mission&quot;, relatives of the detained soldiers have said.
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As many as 19 members of a US Army reserve unit are being investigated for allegedly refusing to go on what they deemed to be a suicide mission.
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The nightmarish beginning to a controversial redeployment has rekindled criticism of Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s decision to shift the 850-strong Black Watch Regiment from the relative calm of Basra to Iraq&#39;s deadliest area.
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A recent standoff between National Guardsmen and heavily armed outlaws along the Mexican border has rattled some troops and raised questions about the rules of engagement for soldiers who were sent to the border in what was supposed to be a backup role.
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US troops are on alert at bases across Iraq after concluding that a suicide bomber, probably in Iraqi military uniform, was behind the deadliest strike on Americans since they invaded last year.
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Troops complained that they were being sent into combat with insufficient protection and aging equipment.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair faced a revolt by lawmakers Wednesday over a U.S. request to redeploy some British troops closer to Baghdad.
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If ever there was an example of mission creep, the request from the US for the redeployment of some British troops in support of Americans south of Baghdad is as dangerous as they come.
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Relatives of the three soldiers of the British Black Watch regiment killed in Iraq have lashed out at the UK government&#39;s decision to send them into a more dangerous zone.
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The British military was investigating its blackest day in the war on terror after 14 troops died in a plane crash in Afghanistan, prompting renewed debate about the mission there.
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The government yesterday condemned a group of retired military officers who signed a petition opposing its arms procurement budget, saying that they were encouraging a &quot;defeatist&quot; attitude, and
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The head of the armed forces and the army spokesman in Guinea-Bissau have been killed during an army mutiny. The soldiers were apparently revolting over unpaid wages for peacekeeping duties in Liberia.
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The mission has revived fears of war between Israel and Syria. But the Israelis are keeping an uncharacteristic silence
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Washington on Sunday said it was "outraged" at an ambush by "terrorist" Kurdish rebels on a Turkish military patrol that killed at least 12 soldiers, amid spiking cross-border tensions.
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Washington, Oct. 16 (NNN): Fearing for the worst, some members of a reserve American army unit in Iraq, responsible for transporting food, water and fuel for US-led forces, refused to undertake a convoy mission recently.
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BLACK Watch troops were today facing new dangers in Iraq after rebels massacred 50 Iraqi soldiers. The Iraqi troops were ambushed and shot dead, heightening the dangers for the Scots regiment as it made final
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Fear of fresh conflict as renegade general turns guns on government forces.