Black Watch mission &#39;exceptional&#39;
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Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon has played down suggestions that there could be further UK troop re-deployments in support of US operations in Iraq.
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THE first Black Watch troops to return from Iraq touched down on British soil yesterday.
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Royal Marines involved in a daring rescue mission in Afghanistan are hailed for their bravery.
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The 850-strong Black Watch battle group is settling back into its Basra base ahead of the troops&#39; anticipated return to the UK within the next week.
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BRITAINâS military forces have had less than ten days to assess the risks of sending The Black Watch battle group to fill in for US Marines south of Baghdad, it was confirmed yesterday.
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The deaths of three Black Watch soldiers in the treacherous US-controlled sector of central Iraq may have confirmed the worst fears about the regimentâs move, but it should not
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The Black Watch are being reunited with relatives after six months in Iraq, including a month near Baghdad.
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The Ministry of Defence was tonight investigating reports of âan incidentâ involving Black Watch soldiers in Iraq. An MoD spokesman said the incident happened within the battle group
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An advance section of the Black Watch  returns from Iraq ahead of the rest of the battle group, the BBC learns.
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Camp Dogwood is the less than exotic name for the Black Watch battlegroup&#39;s new home, south west of Baghdad. It is a sprawling old Iraqi factory complex, with a 26 mile perimeter.
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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.
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American troops have begun attacking the Iraqi city of Fallujah, the operation which required the Black Watch to be redeployed. On Thursday, just days after the regiment moved from its base in Basra, three soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing.
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Black Watch troops have spent their first day off the front line and are thinking ahead to Christmas at home. The troops returned to Basra after their controversial month-long mission to Camp Dogwood near the Sunni &quot;Triangle of Death&quot;.
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When the Black Watch battle group made their move north, there was an &quot;intelligence vacuum&quot; in the area according to an army source here; they did not know exactly what they would face.
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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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Key quote &quot;It is a little too late in the day for Mr Hoon to look concerned for the welfare of the Scottish soldiers, especially the Black Watch.
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Iraq News, Baghdad: Black Watch soldiers in Iraq&#39;s &quot;triangle of death&quot; said the killing of four of their comrades had strengthened their resolve to stay and see their task through.