Hoon confirms US request for new role for UK troops
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Britain has received a request from the United States for help from UK troops in Iraq - and the Chief of the Defence Staff is expected to recommend whether to comply
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The British government says it&#39;ll honor the US request to send a battalion of troops to central Iraq. British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon says there&#39;s &quot;a compelling military operational justification&quot; for the redeployment.
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (18/10/04) - As the security situation in Iraq worsens, the US has called on Britain to shift some 650 troops to more dangerous hotspots around Baghdad in order to free up the 2nd Battalion of the US 24th Marines to take part in attacks
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The armed forces minister says UK troops are not "political playthings" who will be deployed to the advantage of the US.
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Some 850 British troops and support personnel will move to patrol areas closer to Baghdad following a US request, Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon says.
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The United States has made a controversial request to Britain to re-deploy some of its troops in Iraq.
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LONDON - Britain gave the strongest signal yet on Tuesday that it will agree to a United States request to move its troops in Iraq to support American military operations as pressure builds on Prime Minister Tony Blair to reject the overture.
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Britain agreed to a request from US commanders to redeploy 850 troops into a US-controlled section of Iraq, Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said.
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The British Ministry of Defense confirmed on Sunday that the US has sent a request to the British government for redeployment of the British forces stationed in Iraq because the US troops stationed in Iraq are preparing for new military actions in Fallujah
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British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon told the British Parliament on Thursday that the government has agreed to a US request to redeploy British troops in Iraq to relieve American forces.
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The UK Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon says 850 British troops are to be sent to a US-controlled region of Iraq close to the capital.
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The British government agreed on Thursday to a US request to redeploy British troops in Iraq to relieve American forces, despite angry objections from some lawmakers, who fear a major increase in British ...
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Geoff Hoon is to announce a major restructure of the Army, which will see four battalions cut and some regiments merged.
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THOUSANDS of British troops were committed to a big expansion of the European Unionâs military capability by Geoff Hoon, the Defence Secretary, yesterday.
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Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon is visiting British troops in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence says.
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Britain is considering moving some of its troops in Iraq outside their normal area of operations in order to help bolster the American antiterrorist offensive, the British defense secretary, Geoff Hoon, said today.
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British troops will be moved to central Iraq in response to a US request, the defence secretary announces.