UK troops 'set for US Iraq role'
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British troops could be sent to some of Iraq's most volatile areas to back up US forces, the BBC learns.
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British troops could be moved to Baghdad to cover for U.S. soldiers battling insurgents in the rebel-held city of Falluja and elsewhere in Iraq, British media reported on Saturday.
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The bulk of an 850-strong group of British troops are gathering near their new base in a US-controlled area of Iraq. Soldiers from the Black Watch regiment will join up with the first wave of their colleagues
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Britain agreed to a request from US commanders to redeploy 850 troops into a US-controlled section of Iraq, Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said.
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Britain is urging the United States to announce a possible timetable for the withdrawal of the countries' troops from Iraq.
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British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon told the British Parliament on Thursday that the government has agreed to a US request to redeploy British troops in Iraq to relieve American forces.
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British troops could be moved to Baghdad to provide cover for American troops as they carry out offensive operations against insurgents in Fallujah and elsewhere in the country, media reports said Saturday.
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The all-out US assault on Fallujah is likely to be delayed until after the US presidential elections, but British Prime Minister Tony Blair may face a decision before then on whether UK troops will provide a support role in the US sector, British
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The UK Ministry of Defence is discussing the possibility of British soldiers filling in behind US forces in Iraq. Should they redeploy?
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British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon told the British Parliament Thursday that the government has agreed to a US request to send 850 British troops to relieve American forces in the more volatile areas of Iraq.
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Britain agreed Thursday to a US request for troops to be moved into central Iraq, a proposal that faced strong opposition within the governing Labour Party.
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LONDON British troops reportedly could end up filling in for US troops in Baghdad, in the event of a move against insurgents in other Iraqi cities.
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The British government says it&#39;ll honor the US request to send a battalion of troops to central Iraq. British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon says there&#39;s &quot;a compelling military operational justification&quot; for the redeployment.
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LONDON - Britain is considering a request to move some of its troops into the US-controlled zone in Iraq, Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon told Parliament&#39;s lower chamber Monday.
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Some 750 British troops could be deployed in previously US-patrolled hotspots just south of Baghdad as their American counterparts are sent to take part in a major offensive in rebel-held Fallujah, The Times reports.
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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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British soldiers in central Iraq and Basra came under renewed attack from insurgents yesterday, as British commanders set out in detail the role which the Black Watch regiment will play in the forthcoming assault US assault on Fallujah.