Black Watch Prepares to Enter Iraq Danger Zone
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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
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Insurgents in Iraq have targeted Black Watch troops in a series of rocket attacks at their base just 25 miles south of Baghdad. No one was injured in the four separate assaults and there was minimal damage.
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The 850-strong Black Watch battle group has returned to Basra ahead of its anticipated return to the UK within days.
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The Cabinet is to discuss plans to send soldiers from the Black Watch to support American forces around Baghdad, amid reports that more British troops could soon be on their way to Iraq.
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A British reconnaissance team is set to visit the area around Baghdad where the US military has asked for back-up from UK forces. It is thought about 650 troops could be moved to within 20 miles of the Iraqi
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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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Union flag-bedecked Land Rovers of the Black Watch regiment stand ready for deployment. Photograph: Warrant Officer Giles Penfound/PA.
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Britain&#39;s Black Watch regiment has completed its mission in Baghdad and on Saturday returned to Basra where the troops will prepare to return home within the next week.
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Senior military sources tell the BBC that Black Watch troops could be flying home earlier than expected.
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The Black Watch were tonight heading for the so-called âTriangle of Deathâ outside Baghdad to free US Marines for an expected all-out assault on Fallujah.
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A reconnaissance team is to visit the area around Baghdad where UK forces could be sent to provide US back-up.
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The Black Watch&#39;s new base in Iraq has come under attack for the third day running. Insurgents have fired mortars at Camp Dogwood south of Baghdad.
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Under emergency plans drawn up by the British Force headquarters in Basra, in southern Iraq ( news - web sites ), 650 soldiers from the Black Watch regiment could be moved to the location earmarked by the US 20 ...
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The Black Watch battalion is preparing to join US Marines and Iraqi forces in a major new offensive against insurgents. The operation - codenamed Plymouth Rock because it takes place around Thanksgiving - is
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BAGHDAD, Iraq An advance party of British soldiers has arrived at its new base near Baghdad. The small group from the Scottish Black Watch regiment set up base camp south of the capital, according to a pool report made to British media.
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IN a move fraught with risks for Prime Minister Tony Blair, 850 British soldiers will move within days to one of the most dangerous parts of Iraq.
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THE decision to send Black Watch troops into Iraqâs âtriangle of deathâ followed requests by British military chiefs to take over a US-controlled area.