Britain moving troops nearer to insurgents
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LONDON -- Responding to a US request, Britain agreed yesterday to transfer 850 troops from relatively calm southern Iraq into a stronghold of the Iraqi insurgency near Baghdad.
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Black Watch troops have move into position ahead of the imminent US and Iraqi assault on the rebel stronghold of Fallujah, it was reported today.
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About 800 British troops moved from their base in southern Iraq on Wednesday, heading north toward Baghdad in order to replace US soldiers and allow them to tackle resistance in Fallujah.
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British troops could be moved to Baghdad to cover for U.S. soldiers battling insurgents in the rebel-held city of Falluja and elsewhere in Iraq, British media reported on Saturday.
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Some 750 British troops could be deployed in previously US-patrolled hotspots just south of Baghdad as their American counterparts are sent to take part in a major offensive in rebel-held Fallujah, The Times reports.
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British troops have begun arriving at their new base south of Baghdad, where they are filling in for US forces being sent to fight insurgents, the Ministry of Defence in London said.
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The Cabinet is set to discuss plans to send soldiers from the Black Watch to support American forces near Baghdad, amid reports that more British troops could soon be on their way to Iraq.
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British troops begin the move north to take over operations from US troops in central Iraq.
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British Army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, Duke of Wellington Regiment, move toward the center of Basra, southern Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004, during clashes with armed gunmen.
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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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A further deployment of British troops to Afghanistan is to be ordered by the government, the BBC learns.
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US Marines appeared yesterday to be moving closer to a decisive battle in the Sunni Triangle area west of Baghdad, where insurgents are using violence and intimidation
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BAGHDAD - British troops and armor rolled north from Basra yesterday to take over a deadly area near Baghdad and free up US troops for a widely expected attack on the Iraqi rebel-held city of Fallujah.
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Soldiers from the Black Watch are preparing to target criminal and terrorist gangs as they settle into the regiment&#39;s latest base in a US-controlled area of Iraq.
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Britain agreed Thursday to send 850 of its soldiers from relatively peaceful southern Iraq to a volatile area near Baghdad, freeing U.S. troops to step up attacks on insurgent strongholds west of the capital.
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Britain said it was considering a US request to move some of its troops in Iraq ( news - web sites ) from their base in the relatively peaceful south and into US-controlled areas, potentially placing them in ...
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Britain's decision to "flee" Iraq shows the insurgency is stronger than ever, Al-Qaeda's number two said Sunday, after British forces transferred security control in Basra province to the Iraqis.