British defence ministry gives culture guides to overseas troops: report
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The Ministry of Defence has given the country's more than 12,000 soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan social interaction guides to help them communicate with the local population, The Times reported on Monday.
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Britain will send a wave of extra troops to Afghanistan ahead of an expected spring offensive by the Taliban, government sources said on Friday.
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British government announced on Thursday the details to restructure the country&#39;s army forces, saying that the changes would make it more flexible and specialized.
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The scale of British military casualties in Afghanistan is being under-reported, a press report said, citing a report by a senior army officer.
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British military police are investigating claims that soldiers abused civilians in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said Sunday.
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Britain is to send an extra 220 troops to Iraq to take over from Dutch forces being pulled out of the country, the Ministry of Defense said Thursday.
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There are too few British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and they do not have all the equipment they need, increasing the risk they may fail in their missions there, a parliamentary committee report due out Wednesday will warn, The Guardian said.
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Britain&#39;s armed forces must prepare for a &quot;generation of conflict,&quot; the head of the Army told a conference, the defence ministry confirmed Monday.
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On Thursday the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom and the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Armenia have agreed a Memorandum of Understanding on Defence Contacts and Co-operation. The aim of the ...
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British forces in Iraq and Afghanistan 'should draw inspiration from victory in Falklands'.
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British armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan will receive Â£140 discount, defence secretary announces.
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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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British troops could be sent to help US forces anywhere inside Iraq and may stay in the country beyond the end of US-led coalition forces' mandate in 2005, Britain's army commander said.
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Naturalisation rules for Commonwealth troops serving in the armed forces who want to become British citizens are to be relaxed.
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The U.S. military published a new counterinsurgency manual on Friday that draws on lessons from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and stresses that troops must be able to do more than just fight.
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Government ministries have been advised on how to communicate with Muslim communities without unknowingly threatening or alienating them with a new phrasebook, The Guardian reported on Monday.
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America has requested the assistance of UK troops in Iraq, which would involve British soldiers operating outside the UK-controlled southern sector of Iraq, the defence secretary confirmed today.