Redeployment is Britain&#39;s duty, official says
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LONDON - British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said yesterday Britain &quot;would fail in its duty&quot; if it refused a United States request to redeploy British troops into dangerous conditions closer to Baghdad to free up American soldiers for combat operations
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LONDON  - Britain was due to announce Monday that it had received a US request to redeploy some of its troops in Iraq into restive, US-held areas, a move critics warned could be seen as a pre-election ploy to assist President George W. Bush.
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The British Ministry of Defense confirmed on Friday that British troops redeployed to provide military assistance to US troops in central Iraq have arrived at their new base near Baghdad.
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Despite a sensitive political climate, Britain&#39;s Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon has announced that hundreds of British soldiers will be redeployed in Iraq in response to a US request.
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The commander of a British regiment that lost three soldiers in a suicide attack near Baghdad had expressed security concerns before his unit was redeployed to aid US forces, a newspaper reported Saturday.
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LONDON -- Britain has agreed to a US request to redeploy British troops from southern Iraq to an area closer to Baghdad. The british defence secretary made the announcement in the House of Commons.
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Britain has received a request from Washington to redeploy some of its troops in Iraq from their current base in the southern city of Basra into restive US-held areas but is still considering a response, Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon told parliament.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Strawsaid Tuesday that British troops in Iraq should be redeployed so as to ensure security in the country before the national electionsare held at the end of next January.
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The commander of a British regiment that lost three soldiers in a suicide attack near Baghdad had expressed security concerns before his unit was redeployed to aid U.S. forces, a newspaper reported Saturday.
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London - Britain agreed on Thursday to meet a United States request and redeploy a battalion of British troops into volatile central Iraq, despite strong opposition within the governing Labour Party.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair faces strong dissent from British lawmakers over a decision to redeploy some of his countryâs troops to Baghdad, as per a request from US government officials.
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The United States has made a controversial request to Britain to re-deploy some of its troops in Iraq.
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Hundreds of service and civilian jobs are to be redeployed from RAF Lossiemouth, an MP says.
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Britain needs to redeploy troops closer to Baghdad so that the insurgency in central Iraq can be dealt with ahead of Iraqi elections, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Tuesday.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair committed British troops to Iraq even though he despaired at the failure of the United States to plan adequately for the aftermath of the invasion, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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Defense Minister Geoff Hoon will make a statement to the House of Commons on Monday about British troop deployments in Iraq, amid reports that Britain is considering sending some 600 soldiers to bolster US operations near Baghdad.
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But whether in Parliament or in the newspapers, there&#39;s no escaping the perception here: British troops would be redeployed nearer Baghdad to help George W. Bush, not American soldiers.