Black Watch regiment returns to Basra
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A British regiment of 850 soldiers deployed to back up US forces outside Baghdad since the end of October has returned to its base in the southern Iraqi city of Basra.
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A British regiment of 850 soldiers deployed to back up US forces outside Baghdad since the end of October has returned to its base in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, the defense ministry said.
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British Army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, Duke of Wellington Regiment, walk in the center of Basra, southern Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004 during clashes with armed gunmen.
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Hundreds of  Black Watch troops pull out of Camp Dogwood and return to their base in Basra in southern Iraq.
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The Black Watch battle group has been set back into its Basra base ahead of the soldiersâ anticipated return to the UK for Christmas.
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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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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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British troops today handed over responsibilty for security in the southern Iraqi province of Basra, a major landmark in the scaling-back of the foreign military presence nearly five years on from the U.S.-led invasion. "As you step up, we step back," British commander, Maj. Gen. Graham Binns, told Iraqi leaders.
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A former member of the Black Watch believes the regiment is ready for its move to a more hostile area of Iraq. On Wednesday, more than 800 soldiers from the battalion began moving out of Basra towards an area south of Baghdad.
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The Black Watch are being reunited with relatives after six months in Iraq, including a month near Baghdad.
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HUNDREDS of Welsh soldiers who served in the Iraq war are returning to the country to help keep the peace.
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The Black Watch regiment has returned to its base in Basra in southern Iraq after a month-long mission standing in for US troops in a more violent part of the country, the Ministry of Defence says.
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British forces are due to hand back control of security in Basra province to Iraq, four-and-a-half years after the invasion.
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An advance section of the Black Watch  returns from Iraq ahead of the rest of the battle group, the BBC learns.
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Several British newspapers and the British Broadcasting Corp. have reported that London is considering sending 600 soldiers from the Black Watch regiment in relatively peaceful Basra to bolster U.S. operations ...
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BASRA, Iraq  - Britain handed responsibility for security in Basra province to Iraqi forces on Sunday, effectively marking the end of nearly five years of British control of the southern part of Iraq.
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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.