MPs draw line in troop fracas
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Furious British Labour politicians have warned Prime Minister Tony Blair that they have drawn a line in the sand over an American request for the deployment of more British troops.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair faced a revolt on Wednesday from lawmakers who demanded a parliamentary vote on a US request to redeploy British troops in Iraq.
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Overstretch within the armed forces is driving away personnel and damaging morale, MPs warns.
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Tony Blair's main political rivals have launched a broadside over Iraq as UK troops ready to provide cover for U.S. forces in a more dangerous area of the country.
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The NATO mission in Afghanistan is being undermined by members' failure to provide adequate troops and by serious strategic mistakes, a panel of British lawmakers said Wednesday in a report.
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By Andrew Woodcock and James Lyons, Political Correspondents, PA News. Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon is expected to tell MPs today that no decision has yet been made on whether to deploy British troops in the American-controlled sector of Iraq.
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LONDON  - Prime Minister Tony Blair faced a revolt by lawmakers Wednesday over a U.S. request to redeploy some British troops closer to Baghdad.
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Tony Blair is under pressure from his own party to name a date for pulling British troops out of Iraq.
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Labour MPs criticise Tony Blair and Gordon Brown amid new speculation of a rift.
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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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A continual undercurrent of discontent suggests that some legislators are not satisfied with Tony BlairÂs refusal to be pinned down on a firm departure date.
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British lawmakers sharply criticized Prime Minister Tony Blair's government on Monday for planning to dispatch hundreds of British troops to an area just south of Baghdad to supplement U.S. forces.
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U.S. lawmakers squared off on Tuesday over President George W. Bush's troop buildup in Iraq, with Democrats declaring Americans had lost faith in the war and Republicans warning against undermining the U.S. struggle with terrorism.
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Swiss MPs are to debate whether to end the practice of making soldiers keep their guns and ammunition at home.
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Opposition lawmakers put up a human wall in parliament, delaying approval to extend the deployment of South Korean troops in Iraq.
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A committee of MPs criticise the decision to allow the Royal Navy crew captured by Iran to sell their stories.
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WASHINGTON, United States : An unusual US request for a British battalion to back up American troops in Iraq has shown the political constraints on the use of coalition forces even as an intensifying battle against insurgents is testing the US force there