Black Watch to be deployed to help US
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The UK will send 850 soldiers comprising the Black Watch and supporting units to western Iraq, Geoff Hoon has announced in the House of Commons.
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Reports of &quot;an incident&quot; involving soldiers from the Black Watch in Iraq are being investigated, the Ministry of Defence has said.
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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 families of Black Watch soldiers based in Iraq said it would be a step too far to send British troops to support US efforts around Baghdad.
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THE Black Watch today moved towards Baghdad in response to the US plea for help. The Ministry of Defence said today that soldiers from the Scottish regiment were leaving their base in the southern city of
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Soldiers from 1st Battalion The Black Watch prepare to move north into a US sector of central Iraq.
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Whilst some may claim that the British are staunch allies of the United States (depite being having clearly different agendas on the World Stage), the recent request made to Britain for additional support, namely 600 troops from Black Watch to be moved North to Baghdad to help out the 130,000 US troops who want to move upto Fallujah, is being met by the British Parliament with what we might politely call some   hostility. As the Honourable member for Morecambe and Lunesdale (yes, it is as grim as it sounds), Geraldine Smith asks:    "I'm concerned about the timing. We've been asked by the Americans two weeks before their election to cover for their troops. Is this a ploy to allow Bush not to send more troops? If we made a decision to send troops tomorrow, it looks like we are stepping in to help out the President."
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The Black Watch was today placed on standby to enter the &quot;triangle of death&quot; south of Baghdad. The 850-strong force is expected to travel from its
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Pressure mounts to clarify the role of Scottish troops in Iraq after it emerged the Black Watch may be redeployed to assist US forces.
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A look at the Black Watch and Queen's Dragoon Guards, the British units being deployed to the U.S.-controlled sector of Iraq.
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Army officials say they may be forced to make greater use of the National Guard to provide enough troops for overseas deployments.
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BLACK Watch soldiers were on their way to Iraq&#39;s worst killing fields last night - and the Scots Guards could follow them. Britain&#39;s top general hinted yesterday that UK troops could be based in high-risk areas around Baghdad until well into next year.
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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.
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Another Scottish regiment may be deployed to the dangerous US-controlled area south of Baghdad when the Black Watch leaves there before Christmas, it emerged today.
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Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon will make a Commons statement this afternoon on the deployment of 650 soldiers of the Black Watch to a US-controlled sector in Iraq, Downing Street confirmed today.
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The British military said Wednesday that some 800 of its Black Watch troops have begun their deployment north toward Baghdad from their base in southern Iraq.
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Hundreds of British soldiers are preparing today to move to central Iraq to support US troops. An 850-strong group from the Black Watch will be deployed to the area