Hoon to make statement on Iraq troops
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The government is considering a US request to move troops into more potentially dangerous areas of Iraq, a politically charged move which has re-ignited anger over Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s support for the war.
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Britain remains determined that elections will go ahead in Iraq in January, and could deploy extra troops to boost security if needed, Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon revealed.
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Some 850 British troops and support  personnel will move to patrol areas closer to Baghdad following  a U.S. request, Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said on Thursday.
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British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon visited his country&#39;s troops in Iraq today and said he saw no reason to delay next month&#39;s elections as preparations are on track.
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In a report considered crucial to U.S. strategy in the highly unpopular war in Iraq, the top U.S. commander there is expected to tell Congress on Monday that U.S. troop levels should not be cut deeply.
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The governemnt is poised Wednesday to announce the withdrawal of their troops from Iraq, even as the United States increases its force to counter the raging insurgency.
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Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon has played down the prospect of fresh deployments of British troops into the American-controlled sector of Iraq.
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NOORDWIJK, Netherlands  - Britain is prepared to  send more troops to Iraq if necessary to safeguard elections  planned for next year, Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said on  Friday.
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LONDON, England -- Britain has agreed to a US request to redeploy about 850 troops to central Iraq, Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon told lawmakers.
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The chairman of the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff is expected to urge President George W. Bush to cut U.S. troop levels in Iraq next year, the Los Angeles Times said on Friday, citing military and administration officials.
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GEOFF HOON, the Defence Secretary, came under sustained attack in the Commons yesterday, and almost all of it from his own side. He had come to tell us that the Americans had asked for 650 British troops to help them out in Iraq.
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Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said Monday he was considering a request from Washington to redeploy a small number of British troops into the US-controlled sector in Iraq.
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LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair will announce today a new timetable for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq, with 1,500 to return home in several weeks, the BBC reported.
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Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon is expected to confirm controversial plans to shake-up the Army in Scotland.
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A report on the US request to send British troops to an area near Baghdad is set to come before Cabinet.
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Geoff Hoon today faces a bruising Commons showdown over plans to send British soldiers into the American-controlled sector of Iraq.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to announce on Wednesday that Britain will start to withdraw its troops from Iraq within weeks, British media said.